God's acre
Example Sentences
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
So she and dear Beth are quietly asleep in God's acre, and we remember them more tenderly with each year that brings us nearer them and home.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May
God's acre was silent, but for the rustling of the autumn leaves of the weeping willows.
From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm
A moat once surrounded the God's acre, and legend had it that at the bottom was a great bell which might never be drawn forth until six yoke of white oxen were harnessed to it.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur
A mile farther, and just a few feet from the road, I passed a little "God's acre" that I knew so well.
From Soldier Silhouettes on our Front by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)
