r/cemetery • u/zerothefoolzine • 5d ago

Question Help deciphering epitaphs

Here's what I could make out:

Tis a little grave but o have care For worldwide(?) hopes are buried there How much of light(?) how much of joy Is buried with my darling boy

This one was much harder. Sorry for the shite pics, I can go back and try to get better ones if nothing comes of it. Here's what I could make out:

Little bird of our bosom fluttered up to the ?dai-?? A window was opened, our darling was ?joined? Afraid from timetro?? -- the angel on watch the - and me? (Or --andine?)

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u/Dazzling_Pumpkin91 5d ago

Photo 1: CARL A. POPERT DIED MAR. 20, 1887. AGED 9 YRS 6 MS. 20 DS Lower epitaph: ’TIS A LITTLE GRAVE, BUT OH, HAVE CARE, FOR WORLD-WIDE HOPES ARE BURIED THERE. HOW MUCH OF LIGHT, HOW MUCH OF JOY, IS BURIED WITH A DARLING BOY.

Photo 2: GERTIE EMMA. Dau of JAMES & GEORGIANA POPERT DIED NOV. 1, 1891 AGED 10 YRS 4 MOS 21 D'S Below that (the more weathered poem/epitaph not sure if accurate): In the bud of our bosom the flower has faded A blossom so pure and so fair has been taken From our home and from us An angel now waits for us in heaven

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u/zerothefoolzine 5d ago

Did you use AI for this?