If yet the pious earth, that nourished once

Their ripening youth, in her maternal breast

Yielding a last asylum, shall protect

Their sacred relics from insulting storms,

Or step profane—if some secluded stone

Preserve their name, and flowery verdure wave

Its fragrant shade above their honored dust.

But he who leaves no heritage of love,

Is heedless of an urn; and if he look

Beyond the grave, his spirit wanders lost