EPITAPH
ON
MRS.
SARAH
MENCE
.
BY
THE
SAME
.
PEACE
to
the
ashes
,
and
the
virtuous
mind
,
Of
her
who
liv'd
in
peace
with
all
mankind
!
Humbly
religious
,
silently
sincere
,
Humane
to
others
,
to
herself
severe
.
Learn'd
from
the
heart
,
unknowing
of
disguise
,
Truth
in
her
thoughts
,
and
candour
in
her
eyes
;
Who
sacrific'd
no
faith
to
private
ends
;
Without
reserve
devoted
to
her
friends
.
Stranger
alike
to
party
and
to
pride
,
Good
sense
her
light
,
the
word
of
God
her
guide
;
She
gave
to
piety
her
early
days
,
And
breath'd
in
dying
hours
her
Maker's
praise
.
Happy
,
who
thus
the
soul
to
Heaven
engage
,
Their
youth's
first
choice
,
their
last
desire
in
age
.