LADY INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMB OF MISS BROUGHAM, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LORD AND BROUGHAM, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. HER LIFE WAS A CONTINUAL ILLNESS; BUT HER SUFFERINGS WERE ALLEVIATED BY AN AMIABLE, CHEERFUL, LIVELY, AND GAY TEMPER OF MIND, WHICH WAS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF CONSOLATION TO HERSELF, AND TO HER AFFLICTED AND FAMILY. PARENTS Blanda Anima e cunis heu! longo exercita morbo Inter Maternas heu! lacrymasque Patris, Quas risu lenire Tuo jucunda solebas, Et levis, et proprii vix memor Ipsa mali ; I pete cælestes ubi nulla est cura recessus ! Et Tibi sit nullo mista dolore Quies! Doomed to long suffering from your earliest years, Amidst your Parents' grief and pain alone Cheerful and gay, you smiled to soothe their tears; Go Gentle Spirit! and among The Blest |