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 Perhaps the early grave
 Which men weep over may be meant to save.  
 Perhaps the early grave
 Which men weep over may be meant to save. 
 The solitary, silent, solemn scene,
 Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,
  Blended in dust together; where the read more 
 The solitary, silent, solemn scene,
 Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,
  Blended in dust together; where the slave
   Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud
    Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:
     Where human folly sleeps. 
 By Nebo's lonely mountain,
 On this side Jordan's wave,
  In a vale in the land of Moab,
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 By Nebo's lonely mountain,
 On this side Jordan's wave,
  In a vale in the land of Moab,
   There lies a lonely grave;
    But no man built that sepulcher,
     And no man saw it e'er,
      For the angels of God upturned the sod
       And laid the dead man there. 
 Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,
 The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
  Some mute inglorious read more 
 Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,
 The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
  Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
   Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 
 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against 
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth read more 
 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against 
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 
 I gazed upon the glorious sky
 And the green mountains round,
  And thought that when I came read more 
 I gazed upon the glorious sky
 And the green mountains round,
  And thought that when I came to lie
   At rest within the ground,
    'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June
     When brooks send up a cheerful tune,
      And groves a joyous sound,
       The sexton's hand, my grave to make,
        The rich, green mountain-turf should break. 
One foot in the grave.
One foot in the grave.
There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.
There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.
He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.
He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.