burying ground

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The four hearses formed a junction on the fatal King Street, and thence the procession continued, six deep, to the Middle, or Granary Burying-ground, where the bodies were solemnly laid in a single grave.

From Under the Liberty Tree A Story of The 'Boston Massacre' by Otis, James

They passed into the Burying-ground unobserved, opened the door of the Sepulchre, and found themselves at the head of the subterraneous Staircase.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

Joanna was sixty years old at the time of her death, and was p. 326buried privately in Marylebone Upper Burying-ground, near Kilburn.

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

"The Indian Burying-ground" and "To a Honey-bee" are only less successful than the graceful lines quoted.

From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence