Gravestone at Ashford, 1890
Gravestone of Mary HOWE, relative of the author. This sketch
was made by William DOXEY (also a relative) in 1890, after
the gravestone had been moved to the wall of the church, since when the
surface has exfoliated, making the inscription unreadable. This is
the earliest known example of the much-quoted verse. Mary's husband
John HOWE was known as "The Poet of the Peak" and has left a large
body of Poetry in a work called "Trifles Light as Air"
The drawing reads:
The drawing reads:
Sacred to the Memory of
Also Mary wife of John HOWE
"She was....but words are wanting to say what,
Copy of Grandmother's gravestone in Ashford Church yard.
Juliet daughter of John & Mary HOWE
who departed this life July 20th 1819 aged 4 days.
who departed this life July 22nd 1819 aged 43 years.
Think what a woman should be...she was that."
Dates:
Photo taken: 1890
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Source: May Walker, Sheffield
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