Memorial at St Andrew’s, Guernsey commemorating Fanny Rosa Price d. 1850 in the loss of the ‘Superb’
Location
St Andrew's Parish Church, St Andrew's, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'SHE IS NOT HERE / SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF FANNY ROSA PRICE, AGED 18 / DAUGHTER OF CAPT. PRICE RN WHO WAS LOST / WHEN THE SUPERB WAS WRECKED / 24 SEPT AD 1850 / TO KNOW HER / WAS TO LOVE HER. / SAY WHY SHOULD FRIENDSHIP MOURN FOR THEE, / WHO SAFE ARRIVED ON CANAAN'S SHORE / FROM EVERY EARTHLY TROUBLE FREE / THOU ART NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE / THROUGH MANY DAYS WITH PAIN OPPRESSED / THY GENTLE SPIRIT NUMBERED O'ER / THOU NOW HAST FOUND A HEAVENLY REST / THOU ART NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE / SWEET IS THE REST WHERE CHRISTIANS LIE / AND SWEET THE STRAINS WHICH ANGELS BORE / THEN WHY SHOULD I LAMENT AND SIGH / SHE IS NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE / SECURE FROM EVERY ANXIOUS CARE / BY SIN AND SORROW VEXED NO MORE / CELESTIAL JOYS ARE NOW THY SHARE / THOU ART NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE / TO ZION'S PEACEFUL COAST ABOVE / MAY I IN TRIUMPH SOAR / TO DWELL IN BLISS WITH THOSE I LOVE / WHO ARE NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE'
Details
Type: Column
Materials: Granite
Vessel: Superb
People
Age:
Date of Death: 24/9/1850
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981