...great church at Stratford, where a monument is placed in the wall. On his grave-stone underneath is, Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust...these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. He had three daughters, of which two lived to be married ; Judith, the elder, to one Mr. Thomas Quiney,...

...solicitude about the quiet of the grave, which seems natural to fine sensibilities and thoughtful minds. " Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbear To dig the dust enclosed here ; Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curs'd be he that moves my bones." Numerous other monuments...

...of barbarism and superstition : — " Good friend, for .Icsu's sake forbear To dig the dust inclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." The late rector (Archdeacon Watson) was aged and infirm ; but was there no curate, no churchwarden,...

...coat of white paint. Not far from it is the spot where his ashes rest, with the quaint adjuration ; u Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust...these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." Near him his wife reposes, with a Latin inscription on a small metallic tablet. On the tomb of their...

...in its quiet and hallowed vaults'. * Taunts, sarcasms, t Aspect J Epitaph on. Sfiak.ipeare'g Tomb. " Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest bo the man that spare! these stonei ; What honour could his name have derived from heing mingled',...

...thoughtful minds : — "Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. " Just over the grave, in a niche of the wall, is a bust of Shakspeare, put up shortly after his death,...

...coat of white paint. Not far from it is the spot where his ashes rest, with the quaint adjuration ; " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust...be the man that spares these stones, And curst be be that moves my bones." Near him his wife reposes, with a Latin inscription on a small metallic tablet....

...inscribed the following well-known quaint abjuration : — " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dii the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares...these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." We quote another antique specimen, on a tombstone in the same churchyard (Stratford) : — " Death...

...following well-known Hues, supposed to have been composed by himself, are engraved upon his tombstone : — "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man who spares these stones, And curst be he that mores my bones." Ben Jonson, the friend and companion...

...probably secure their being left in sacred repose till the last awful hour of this perishable globe. Good friend ! for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust...here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curs'd be he that moves my bones. " The grave ! the grave ! it buries every error, it covers every...