And, like the haughty Spoilers of the world,

This keen Destroyer, in his turn, must fall.

"Now from the living pass we once again:

From Age," the Priest continued, "turn your thoughts;

From Age, that often unlamented drops,

And mark that daisied hillock, three spans long![JC]

—Seven lusty Sons sate daily round the board

Of Gold-rill[JD] side; and, when the hope had ceased

Of other progeny, a Daughter then

Was given, the crowning bounty of the whole;