Epitaph On David Bigger, Esq. Poem by Robert Anderson

Affection tender rears this humble stone,
A mould'ring mark of gratitude, to one
Whose thoughts ambition never taught to stray,
Nor own'd unlawful pleasure's dang'rous sway.
The love of country warm'd his feeling breast;
And proud was he to succour the distress'd:
Cheerful, resign'd, life's peaceful vale he trod,
And rested on the mercy of his God.
Go, reader, and when in earth's silent womb,
May truth give such a tribute at thy tomb!