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 Beneath these green trees rising to the skies,
 The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;
  The time read more 
 Beneath these green trees rising to the skies,
 The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;
  The time shall come when these green trees shall fall,
   And Isaac Greentree rise above them all. 
 And the voice of men shall call,
 "He is fallen like us all,
  Though the weapon of read more 
 And the voice of men shall call,
 "He is fallen like us all,
  Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:"
   And thine epitaph shall be--
    "He was wretched ev'n as we;"
     And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land. 
 Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee,
 And Valies't not what thou Can'st say of me;
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 Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee,
 And Valies't not what thou Can'st say of me;
  Thy Smiles I count not, nor thy frowns I fear,
   My days are past, my head lies quiet here.
    What faults you saw in me take Care to shun,
     Look but at home, enough is to be done. 
 And be the Spartan's epitaph on me--
 "Sparta hath many a worthier son than he."  
 And be the Spartan's epitaph on me--
 "Sparta hath many a worthier son than he." 
 For though his body's under hatches,
 His soul has gone aloft.  
 For though his body's under hatches,
 His soul has gone aloft. 
 Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
 Death came with friendly care;
  The opening bud to Heaven read more 
 Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
 Death came with friendly care;
  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
   And bade it blossom there. 
 Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
 Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?
  If such read more 
 Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
 Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?
  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view
   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you. 
 This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his 
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for read more 
 This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his 
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the benefit of the 
doctor--Stavo bene (was written on his monument) ma per star 
meglio, sto qui. 
 If e'er she knew an evil thought
 She spoke no evil word:
  Peace to the gentle! She read more 
 If e'er she knew an evil thought
 She spoke no evil word:
  Peace to the gentle! She hath sought
   The bosom of her Lord.