With trembling limbs, and wasting form,

Thou’rt bending o’er thy tomb;

And can vain hope lead thee astray?

Go, weary pilgrim, watch and pray.

4 Ambition, stop thy panting breath:

Pride, sink thy lifted eye!

Behold the caverns, dark with death,

Before you open lie:

The heavenly warning now obey;

Ye sons of pride, go watch and pray.