In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth, the wife of Goodman Payne and daughter of John and Elizabeth Radford of Syston who died January 28th 1844 in the 37th year of her age.

Awful Alas! the stroke that brought me here,

Spectator pause – th’ Almighty’s hand revere;

While ling’ring pains my feeble pow’rs decay’d

And gently brought me to death’s silent shade.

Birtchnell Leicester