 | Seth Harding Whitney - 1887 - 132 pages
...near the center of the town, is a headstone bearing the following verse: "Behold my friend as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, soon you must be, Prepare my friend to follow me." The date, upon the stone shows that the sleeper... | |
 | 1888 - 244 pages
...favorite of the New England graveyards, which he says runs thus : "STOP CAREI.ESS YOUTHE AS You PASS BY. As YOU ARE NOW So ONCE WAS I. As I AM NOW So YOU MUST BE. OH THEN PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME." Reducing these lines to jargon — the unqualified thing, this time... | |
 | 1888 - 240 pages
...favorite of the New England graveyards, which he says runs thus : " STOP CARELESS YOUTHE AS You PASS BY. AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I. As I AM NOW So YOU MUST RE. OH THEN PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME." " "Sri O PCl ARE L? E'S S. YOU, THE ASS, YOU PASS BY. A, SY OU !... | |
 | Guilford (Conn.) - 1889 - 290 pages
...of our fleet Yet once again I must set sail Our Admiral Christ to meet. Behold and see as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you might be Prepare for death and follow me. A small brown stone, near the center of the old yard, bears... | |
 | 1890 - 428 pages
...Fisher) who departed this Life July yc 2d 1775 In ye 58 year of her Age. Behold and see as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must he Prepare for Death and follow me. Sarah Chub m. Ebenezer Fisher, April 10, 1744. In Memory of Lieu1... | |
 | Joy Jones - 2001 - 212 pages
...emulation? TODAY'S LESSON: My actions speak louder than my words. PERSPECTIVE Remember friends as you go by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be. Prepare yourself to follow me. — COMMON EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EPITAPH \Jne day it will all be over:... | |
 | Bill Ellis - 2003 - 312 pages
...says if you read this story you will die." Actually, the stone reads, "Reader, remember all must die, as you are now, so once was I, as I am now thou soon must be, prepare for death and follow me."41 In a sense, then, the informant's paraphrase... | |
 | Morris A. Inch - 2002 - 166 pages
...inscribed on a tombstone. One day I looked down at my feet to see inscribed: "Remember me as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, soon you will be. Remember man eternity." It struck me that this was not a very subtle admonition.... | |
 | Monica Ferris - 2002 - 260 pages
...one for myself. I like really old ones best. 'Behold O man, as you pass by — ' " Jill joined in, " 'As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you soon must be. Repent, prepare to follow me.' " Jill and Betsy laughed quietly, pleased to find... | |
 | Valerie Sherrard - 2003 - 236 pages
...meaning was suddenly more real: Bethany Bannock beloved daughter 1912-1923 Remember me as you pass by As you are now, so once was I As I am now, so you shall be Prepare for death, and follow me. A chill went up my back and I sank down to my knees and... | |
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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. 
