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274 HISTORY OF THE • , ^

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The burial place of the Hunt family, is located near the entrance of the point. The following inscriptions are copied from two of the monuments in this yard : in memory of Thomas Hunt, who departed this life, July 4lh, 1808, in the SUth year of his age. He possessed the cardinal virtues in an eminent degree ; he was temperate, brave, patient and just :

The solid rock shall sink beneath The iron hand of time, -„

But virtue dwells with Immortality.

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Sacred •» . to the memory ' ' '-

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Joseph Rodman Drake, M. D. ' , who died September 2 1st,

1825. ■ •

aged 25 years.

Fitz Greene Haileck's pathetic lines on the death of his companion, will not be considered inappropriate here, especially as the last two of the first stanza are engraved upon this tombstone.

Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.

Tears fell when thou wert dying, . .

' From eyes unused to weep,

And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep.

When hearts whose truth was proven, ,

Like thine, are laid in earth.

There should a wreath be woven ' „.

To tell the world their worth. ._ t

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