Bio by: Bigwoo
Inscription
Here
Are ___d the remains of
General RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT,
who departed this life
on the 6th of September 1802
Aged 44 years ___ months ___ days.
He is gone!
Lamented by the good and revered by the brave
He is gone!
Loaded with the honors of his country,
and the benedictions of his friends:
"So sleeps the brave he sinks to rest
With all his country's wishes blest:
When spring, with dewey fingers cold
Return to deck his hallowed mould,
She there shall find a sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands his knell is rung,
By forms unseen his dirge is sung.
There honor comes a pilgrim grey,
To bless the turf, that wraps his clay,
And freedom shall a while repair,
And dwell a weeping hermit there."
James Traquair Phila[delphia] Fecit.
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