Equal warning given

From Old Burying Ground, Shutesbury, MA:

Beneath our feet and over our head,
Is equal warning given;
Beneath us lie the countless dead,
Above us is the heaven.

Behind us, unseen

From First Church Cemetery, Ludlow, MA:

Our life how short a groan a sigh
We live and then begin to die
Death steals upon us while we're green
Behind us digs a grave unseen.

An early rose

From North Sunderland Cemetery, Sunderland, MA:

Just like an early rose
I've seen an infant bloom:
But death perhaps before it blows
Will lay it in the tomb.