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 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. 
 Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
 That this is all remains of thee?  
 Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
 That this is all remains of thee? 
 For though his body's under hatches,
 His soul has gone aloft.  
 For though his body's under hatches,
 His soul has gone aloft. 
 Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine 
and Venus make up life.
 [Lat., read more 
 Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine 
and Venus make up life.
 [Lat., Balnea, vina, Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra;
  Sed vitam faciunt baldea, vina, Venus.] 
 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. 
 Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai.
 Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.  
 Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai.
 Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai. 
 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. 
 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. 
 May his body rest free from evil.
 [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.]  
 May his body rest free from evil.
 [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.]