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There rest thy Ashes—but thy nobler name
Shall soar aloft and last as long as fame.
Nor shall thy Worth be to our Isle confin'd,
But flie and leave the lagging day behind.
Rome, that did once extend its arms so far,
Y'ave conquer'd in a nobler Art than War;
To its proud Sons but only Earth was giv'n,
But thou hast triumph'd both in Earth and Heav'n."
Purcell's friend and fellow-student, Henry Hall, organist of Hereford Cathedral, also printed an ode "To the Memory of my Dear Friend Mr. Henry Purcell," which concludes thus:—