Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
The Monument.
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The Monument.
In vain the stately Monument you raise,Inscrib'd with pompous Epitaphs of Praise:
By waste of Time, or sacrilege o'erthrown,
A nameless Ruin shall remain alone.
Let servile Poets, in a fawning Strain,
Applaud the Mighty, and delude the vain:
Let curious Art inspire the breathing Bust;
And marble Urns enshrine the mould'ring Dust.
Can these, alas! an after Being buy?
Or raise the Man above Mortality?
May I, in Death that useless Pride resign;
The humble Surface of the Earth be mine:
The Hand which made can recollect the Frame,
Without the Guidance of a Stone or Name.
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