...by the Rev. W. L. Bowles in Nether-Stowey Church
Depart in joy from this world's noise and strife
To the deep quiet of celestial life!
Depart!—Affection's self reproves the tear
Which falls, O honour'd Parent! on thy bier;—
Yet Nature will be heard, the heart will swell,
And the voice tremble with a last Farewell!
The Tablet is erected to the Memory of Richard Camplin, who died Jan. 20, 1792. The Latin reads:
'Lætus abi! mundi strepitu curisque remotus;
Lætus abi! cæli quâ vocat alma Quies.
Ipsa fides loquitur lacrymamque incusat inanem,
Quæ cadit in vestros, care Pater, Cineres.
Heu! tantum liceat meritos hos solvere Ritus,
Naturæ et tremulâ dicere Voce, Vale!'