And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf
And everlasting flowers.[HT] These Dalesmen trust
The lingering gleam of their departed lives
To oral record,[561] and the silent heart;
Depositories[562] faithful and more kind
Than fondest epitaph: for, if those fail,[563]
What boots the sculptured tomb? And who can blame,
Who rather would not envy, men that feel
This mutual confidence; if, from such source,
The practice flow,—if thence, or from a deep