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IN MEMORY OF THREE SISTERS Cold is their form once fill’d with youthful bloom, They sleep alas within the lonely tomb, Commingling with the dust they wear away, Companion only for their fellow clay.

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IN MEMORY OF THREE SISTERS Cold is their form once fill’d with youthful bloom, They sleep alas within the lonely tomb, Commingling with the dust they wear away, Companion only for their fellow clay.
Listed on Page Number
292
Sampler Worked By
Sally Johnson
Date of Sampler
1813
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
180
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Cary, A. A Collection of Epitaphs…Boston: Alpheus Cary, Jr., 1865, pg 114.
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Epitaphs/bvQIAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=cold%20is%20that%20form This is a plural variation of an epitaph within this later collection of epitaphs by Alpheus Cary, Jr. attributed to A. Cary. It’s unclear whether this is an earlier author, an Alpheus Cary, Sr. or other A. Cary. It may be an earlier variation only collected by this author. No earlier use was found.