Here lies a body whose majestic grace

Drew from his fellow-man unstinted praise;

Who lured emotion from her hiding place,

And thrilled the world with deeds of other days.

He that possessed, which unto Art is dear,

A grand conception of unvarnished truth;

He oft provoked a smile, more oft a tear,

Sublime and beauteous in his manly youth.

Full in the zenith of his great renown,

God gave to him his final part to play;