To blame or unavoidable regret,
A high fixed hatchment, time-discoloured, told
Of man's mortality and its own decay.
Some vain distinctions, an heraldic shield,
In tincture varying as the sun might shine,
Imbued its eastern window, and aloft
A faded hatchment hung, and one by time
Yet undiscoloured, marks of earthly state.
[441] 1827.
1814.