Have swept the column from the tomb,
A mightier monument command,—
The mountains of their native land!"—Byron.
"Your mountains build their monument,
Tho' ye destroy their dust."—Mrs. Sigourney, Indian Names.
"Else had I heard the steps, tho' low
And light they fell, as when earth receives,
In morn of frost, the wither'd leaves
That drop when no winds blow."—Scott, Triermain, i. 5.