Name: Mary Collins
Location: Truro, MA
Date: 1817


"Though Health had ting'd thy cheek with
roseate bloom
And beauty lent her fascinating charm;
Yet health nor charms could stay thy early
doom.
Nor worh nor virtue DEATH'S stern pow'r
disarm.
Ere thrice five MOONS had wax'd and wan'd,
that voice,
Which cheer'd a Husband's heart, was hush'd in
death;
Love's darling pledge which bade that heart
rejoice,
Had wing'd its spirit and resign'd its breath.
Thy spotless soul has flown to realms on high,
To reembrace LOVE'S pledge, thy cherub boy;
When God shall bid thy husband's spirit fly,
May thy fond souls unite in endless joy."

The stone is also that of the couple's infant son Caleb, who died that same year at six months of age.