Enhance monumental inscription - Crowther Yorkshire 1846

[Janet Waterhouse]

Hello,

A difficult inscription to read from a 1846 gravestone covered in moss, etc.  I have managed to transcribe the rest of the inscription.

The only three words I can read, are the last three ...for my or [thy] sake.

Over to you to enhance the inscription
Regards,

Janet

[gobbitt]

Hello Janet

Legibility has been slightly enhanced in the attached image by replacing some of the moss with a darker colour using IrfanView but it's no substitute for a better photograph, ideally in strong sunlight from a low angle. Since the earlier posts in RootsChat's Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition forum have resulted in little more than your own explanatory information, perhaps the Yorkshire (West Riding) forum would be worth a shot for a photographer willing to visit the churchyard in Middleton.

Several funerary websites feature a poem attributed to Frances Day (Sarah Frances Day, born 1958?) which seems likely to convey a similar message, although I believe her final two lines would have been unorthodox for Christians in 1846:

Goodbye my family, my life is past.
I loved you all to the very last.
Weep not for me, but courage take,
Love each other for my sake.
For those you love don’t go away,
They walk beside you every day.

Many of those words don't match what is apparent or fitting in the Crowther inscription. I'm sure someone can improve this imagined version:

Dear friends of mine, my life is past.
You supported me to the last.
Cry not over me but courage take,
And love one another for my sake.

David

[Janet Waterhouse]

Hello David,

thank you for having a go. I can see some of the words now. 

I believe History Hen has photographed graveyards in the area.  I have PM'd but, unfortunately, she is rarely online.

I shall persue your other suggestion.

Regards,

Janet