A week beyond their funeral rites their sway140

O'er men, unless by relatives, whose interest

Is roused: such is not here the case; he died

Alone, unknown,—a solitary grave,

Obscure as his deserts, without a scutcheon,

Is all he'll have, or wants. If I discover

The assassin, 'twill be well—if not, believe me,

None else; though all the full-fed train of menials

May howl above his ashes (as they did

Around him in his danger on the Oder),