But, alas! not men, but dust of men

Each sorrowing house receiveth,

The urn in which the fleshly case

Its cindered ruin leaveth.

STROPHE III.

For Mars doth market bodies, and for gold

Gives dust, and in the battle of the bold

Holds the dread scales of Fate.

Burnt cinders, a light burden, but to friends

A heavy freight,