Stop, passenger! until my life you read
| First Line | Stop, passenger! until my life you read |
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| Author | Alexander Pennecuik |
| Date | 1728 |
| Description | Epitaph [Historical subjects; Public affairs; Death, afterlife]. Transcribed from An Epitaph on the tomb-stone of Marion Scott, who died at Dunkeld, Nov. 28, 1727, [1728?], Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0130102863. Discussed in MacInnis, Kaitlyn. "Monuments and the Margins: Old Age and Memories of Scottish Jacobitism in the Epitaph of Marjory Scott, 1700-1900." Unpublished MA thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2016. http://summit.sfu.ca/item/19739. |
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Transcription
Stop, passenger! until my life you read:
The living may get knowledge from the dead!
Five times five years I liv'd a virgin's life;
Five times ten years I was a virtuous wife;
Five times ten years I was a widow chaste.
Now, wearied of this mortal life I rest.
Between my cradle and my grave hath been
Eight mighty Kings of Scotland, and one Queen
Four times five years a Commonwealth I saw,
Six times the subjects rose against the law.
Twice did I see old Prelacy pull'd down,
And twice the Cloak was humbled by the Gown
An end of Stuart's race I saw. Nay, more,
I saw my country sold for English ore.
Such desolation in my life hath been;
An end of all perfection I have seen.
Beinecke Osborn c152
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 76
Title: "Curious epitaph from a monument in Dunkeld Abbey Scotland"
Attributed author: Marion Scott
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line is "Stay, passenger, until my life you read..."
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn c83
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a; vol. 2, item #613.
Local title: "Epitaph on Margrate Scot, in the churchyard of Dalkeith near Edinburgh."
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn fc124
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 78
Local title: Curious Epitaph at Dalkeith, Edinburghshire, Scotland. To the Memory of Margaret Scot, who died 1788.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: "Stop, passenger, until my life you read..."
Other: This is a print insert but the source publication is not specified.
Bodleian MS Mont. e. 13
| Title | "A Book of Select Songs. Volume the first."; [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
f.91v
Title: n/a
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Clark MS 1987.001
| Title | Pleasing variety for Miss Mary Arnold / Mrs. [...] |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
f.85v
Local title: "An Inscription on the Tomb Stone of one Margaret Scott who Died at Dalheith twelve Miles from Hemcastle the 9th of February, 1738."
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Clark MS 1993.001
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
p. 244
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Margaret Scott
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Clark MS 2015.014
| Title | Epitaphs. |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
Rae family, ca. 1800.
151 pages.
Collection of epitaphs from gravestones and published sources.
Folger MS M.a.116
| Title | A Selection of Modern Poems |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 48.
Local title: An Inscription. On the Tomb stone of Margaret Scott who deceased at Delkeath Twelve Miles from New Castle February. 9th. in the year 1681.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.179
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 63–64.
Local title: An epitaph of Margery Scot who died at Dunkell in Scotland Feb: 26: 1728.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS W.a.271
| Title | Poetry |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 187
Local title: "Margaret Scott died at Dalkeith 9th of February 1738"
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a