Beneath this Stone lies Katherine Gray
| First Line | Beneath this Stone lies Katherine Gray |
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| Author | [Anonymous] |
| Subject | Katherine Gray |
| Date | 1757 |
| Description | Epitaph [Death, afterlife]. Transcribed from Hackett, John. Select and remarkable epitaphs on illustrious and other persons..., 1757, vol. 1, p. 217. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0102442696. |
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Transcription
Beneath this Stone lies the old Kath'rine Gray
Chang'd from a busy Life to lifeless Clay.
By Earth and Clay she got her Pelf,
Yet now she's turn'd to Earth herself.
Ye weeping Friends, let me advise,
Abate your Grief, and dry your Eyes.
For what avails a Flood of Tears?
Who knows, but in a Run of Years,
In some tall Pitcher, or broad Pan,
She in her Shop may be again?
Beinecke Osborn c150
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 3
Local title: Epitaph on a woman who sold earthenware.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn d492
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 131r–132r.
Local title: A Whimsical Epetaph[sic] on Katherine Gray a dealer in Earthen Ware.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn fc130
| Title | Orders from Aug. 6 1771. Benjamin Finn. |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 50
Local title: An epitaph written on a tomb in a country churchyard, on an old woman who sold earthen ware.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn fc185
| Title | Gleanings in prose and verse, selected by Jo [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 343
Local title: Epitaph on a Woman who sold Earthen ware
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: Name in first line is spelled 'Catharine'
Other: n/a
Houghton MS Eng 768
| Title | A Collection of various kinds of Poetry |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
f. 20v
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: "Catherine Gray" instead of "Katherine Gray."
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 106
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
f. 136v
Local title: Solution of before-written epitaph.
Attributed author: Anonymous.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: "Katharine" instead of "Katherine."
Other: n/a