Inscription

By Charlotte Smith

On a Stone, in the Church-Yard at Boreham, in

Essex; raised by the Honourable Elizabeth Olmius,

to the memory of Ann Gardner, who died at New

Hall, after a faithful Service of Forty Years.

WHATE'ER of praise, and of regret attend

The grateful servant, and the humble friend,

Where strict integrity and worth unite

To raise the lowly in their Maker's sight,

 

Are her's; whose faithful service, long approved,

Wept by the mistress whom through life she loved.

Here ends her earthly task; in joyful trust

To share the eternal triumph of the just.