E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Forgive, blest Shade.
This very celebrated epitaph is in Brading churchyard, Isle of Wight, and is attributed to Mrs. Anne Steele (Theodosia), daughter of a Baptist minister of Bristol, but was touched up by the Rev. John Gill, curate of Newchurch. Set to music in three parts by J. W. Callcott (1795).
