That Man and his frail works shall like the grass

So perish and decay. Moves he vain lord

And monarch of a mighty throng, to-day;

Flit by a few short summers, hies he back

Unto his primal clod, leaving no track

Behind. His storms—tell, where now are they?

Search for them in the herbage fresh and green,

Or find them in the flowers in humble valley seen.


AMBITION’S BURIAL-GROUND.