They kept the noiseless Tenor of their Way.
20Yet ev’n these Bones from Insult to protect
Some frail Memorial still erected nigh,
With uncouth Rhimes and shapeless Sculpture deck’d,
Implores the passing Tribute of a Sigh.
21Their Name, their Years, spelt by th’ unletter’d Muse,
The Place of Fame and Elegy supply:
And many a holy Text around she strews,
That teach the rustic Moralist to die.
22For who to dumb Forgetfulness a Prey,