SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH ANN DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARTHA BASSETT WHO DIED SEP 5 1861 AGED 16 YEARS OH SEE HOW SOON THE FLOWERS OF LIFE DECAY HOW SOON TERRESTRIAL PLEASURES FADE AWAY THIS STAR OF COMFORT FOR A MOMENT GIVEN JUST ROSE ON EARTH THEN SET TO RISE IN HEAVEN YET MOURN NOT AS OF HOPE BEREFT [__] DOOM NOR WATER WITH THY TEARS ITS EARLY TOMB REDEEMD BY GOD FROM SIN RELEAS'D FROM PAIN ITS LIFE WERE PUNISHMENT ITS DEATH IS GAIN
Burial Register: A624
The Parish Church of St. Mary, Cogges, Oxfordshire.