The Ladies of Llangollen | Page 4

human life but upon the certainty of its termination_, _and take comfort from the assurance that_ "_As it is appointed unto men once to die_, _but after this the judgment_: _so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many_; _and unto them that look for Him_, _shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation_." _Heb._ _Chap._ 9. _v._ 27, 28.
On the same tombstone is also the following inscription, to the memory of a faithful servant, who accompanied "the Ladies" from Ireland, the country of their nativity.
In Memory of
MRS. MARY CARRYL,
_Deceased 22 November_, 1809.

This Monument is erected by Eleanor Butler and Sarah
Ponsonby of Plas Newydd in this Parish.
_Released from Earth and all its transient woes_,?_She whose remains beneath this Stone repose_,?_Steadfast in faith resigned her parting breath_,?_Looked up with Christian joy and smiled in death_.?_Patient_, _Industrious_, _Faithful_, _Generous_, _Kind_, _Her Conduct left the proudest far behind_;_?Her Virtues dignified her humble birth_,?_And raised her mind above this sordid earth_.?_Attachment_ (_Sacred bond of grateful breasts_)_?Extinguished but with life_, _this Tomb attests_,?_Reared by Two Friends who will her loss bemoan_,?_Till with her ashes_--_Here shall rest their own_.
In 1832, the home of "the Ladies of Llangollen" was sold by auction, by the late renowned "knight of the hammer," Mr. George Robins, who put forth the following advertisement, in his characteristic style of decorative description.
"IN NORTH WALES.
* * * * *
Particulars and Conditions of Sale
OF THE
LADY ELEANOR BUTLER AND MISS
PONSONBY'S
LITTLE PARADISE
AT LLANGOLLEN,
Of which a more enlarged description will appear
on the other side.
IT IS ALL FREEHOLD,
And it need hardly be remarked that it is in the
most favoured Spot in
NORTH WALES;