That not a widow in the Borough sigh’d;

Great were his gifts, his mighty heart I own,

But why describe what all the world has known?

The rest is petty pride, the useless art

Of a vain mind to hide a swelling heart:

Small was his private room: men found him there

By a plain table, on a paltry chair;

A wretched floor-cloth, and some prints around,

The easy purchase of a single pound:

These humble trifles and that study small