 | Lorenzo Dow - 1848 - 940 pages
...some graves, and one near the path had these words on the head stone: Behold, ye strangers, passing by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Also the ancient castles, I saw in Ireland, which were... | |
 | 1851 - 506 pages
...Apothecary, 10th Foot, died 24th November 1843, /Et. 23 years and 8 months. Remember me as you pass by. As you are now so once was I ; As I am now, so will you be, Prepare for death and follow me. To the Memory of Henry Mahon Dean Pitt, September 27th,... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - 1852 - 352 pages
...footstone, in the same style, is chiselled the following exhortation: " Remember, man, as you pass by, as you are now so once was I; as I am now so must you be; remember, man, that thou must die." Close by the above is another stone, of the same kind,... | |
 | Almon Danforth Hodges - 1853 - 90 pages
...William Hodges. He died June ye 23, AD 1766, in ye 85th year of his age. Behold and see, as you pass by ; As you are now so once was I. As I am so you must be : Prepare for death and follow me. In memory of Mrs. Joanna Hodges, wife of Mr. James... | |
 | Thomas Bridgman - 1856 - 450 pages
...JOHN DECOSTER, WHO DIED JAN. YE 28lH, 1773 AGED 26 YEAKS. "STOP HERE, MY FRIENDS, AND CAST AN EYB, " AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I, " AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE, HERE LIES THE BODY OF MRS. WAITSTILL TROTT, THE WIFE OF MR. THOMAS TROTT, DIED JUNE YE 8TH, 1744, IN... | |
 | George Blair - 1857 - 400 pages
...inscription, which seems to be a favorite in our Glasgow cemeteries:— " Remember, man, as you pass by. As you are now, so once was I: As I am now, so you must bo, Therefore prepare to follow me." The fifth in order appears to be the monument of some obscure... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1857 - 714 pages
...variations, it more widely diffused than any in the language : ' ' REMEMREE friend, as yon pass by, As YOH are now so once was I : As I am now, so you must be, Prepare fur death and follow me.' 'Whether from its antitheses, its striking truthfulness, or its brevity,... | |
 | 1857 - 410 pages
...Wadsworth of Milton, who died Jan yc 8th 1783 in 35 Year of her age. Stop here my Friend, and cast an Eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. 1792, — In memory of M' Ezra Glover who died January... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - 1859 - 220 pages
...dust, His deeds were upright and his actions just. GLASGOW NECROPOLIS. 24. Remember, man, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. 25. There is no Death : — what seems so is transition ! This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1918 - 636 pages
...from the versification on the tomb-stones, a specimen of which is in these words: Behold as you pass by As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. On the tomb-stone of Deborah House, a great name in this Town, was... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
