Sackcloth

From West Cemetery, Pelham, MA:

Weep not for her ye friends so dear
But lay your sackecloth by:
She's left this world so lone and drear,
To dwell with God on high.


[sackcloth: a coarse cloth of goat or camel's hair or of flax, hemp, or cotton; a garment of sackcloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence] PS: The spelling, 'sackecloth', is as it appears on the stone.