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 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? 
Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem.
Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem.
 A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not 
sufficient.
 [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui read more 
 A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not 
sufficient.
 [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.] 
 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. 
 Loe here the precious dust is layd;
 Whose purely-temper'd clay was made
  So fine that it the read more 
 Loe here the precious dust is layd;
 Whose purely-temper'd clay was made
  So fine that it the guest betray'd.
   Else the soule grew so fast within,
    It broke the outward shall of sinne
     And so was hatch'd a cherubin. 
 May his body rest free from evil.
 [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.]  
 May his body rest free from evil.
 [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.] 
 For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
 Do all the good you can,
  To all the people you read more 
 For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
 Do all the good you can,
  To all the people you can,
   In all the ways you can,
    As long as ever you can. 
 His form was of the manliest beauty,
 His heart was kind and soft,
  Faithful, below, he did read more 
 His form was of the manliest beauty,
 His heart was kind and soft,
  Faithful, below, he did his duty;
   But now he's gone aloft.