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She departed / this Life, June 2d. 1796, aged 32. Her Remains were deposited in the 42d. Vault of this Chapel./Distinguished by her fine Understanding, and a most amiable Disposition of Heart,/She was the Delight of her Parents, and the Admiration of all who knew her./At the age of 17, the Small-pox stripped off all the Bloom of youthful Beauty,/And being followed by a dreadful Nervous-disorder, withered those fair Prospects of earthly Happiness/Which were expected from her uncommon Affection, Sensibility and Tenderness./After enduring this afflictive Dispensation many Years,/When it was difficult to which exceeded, her Sufferings or her Submission;/Her Friends' Concern for her Sorrows, or their Admiration of her Patience;/She was released by Death, and received into that World where there shall be no more Pain,/But GOD himself shall wipe away Tears from every Eye.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'Alas! how vain are feeble Words to tell/What once she was, and why I lov'd so well:/None else but he who form'd the Heart can know/How great her Worth, or how extreme my Woe!/Blest Calv'ry, on thy crimson Top 1 see,/Suff'rings and Death, with Life and Love agree;/Justice severe and smiling Mercy join,/And thro' the Gloom we see the Glory shine.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"From the demolished church of St. James's, Hampstead Road, London. 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