Her kindred spirit and her dust with thine.
LINES
WRITTEN AT THE TOMB OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM, IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
Wykeham, around thy venerable tomb
With fond affection still thy children come;
And tho’ no more the loud-voiced hymn they sing,
Still silent prayers and heartfelt wishes bring,
That thy departed Spirit, secure and blest,
May with the destined heirs of glory rest;
And, for thy pious bounty here bestow’d,