[Wild Wales by George Borrow]@TWC D-Link bookWild Wales CHAPTER LIX 21/21
"On their account," says he in the concluding page of his biography, "there is a strong necessity for me to consider my ways and to inquire about a Saviour, since it is utterly impossible for me to save myself without obtaining knowledge of the merits of the Mediator, in which I hope I shall terminate my short time on earth in the peace of God enduring unto all eternity." He died in the year 1810, at the age of 71, shortly after the death of his wife, who seems to have been a faithful, loving partner.
By her side he was buried in the earth of the graveyard of the White Church, near Denbigh.
There can be little doubt that the souls of both will be accepted on the great day when, as Gronwy Owen says:-- "Like corn from the belly of the ploughed field, in a thick crop, those buried in the earth shall arise, and the sea shall cast forth a thousand myriads of dead above the deep billowy way.".
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