And general humility in death?
Nor should I much condemn it, if it spring
From disregard of time's destructive power,
As only capable to prey on things
Of earth, and human nature's mortal part.
"Yet—in less simple districts, where we see
Stone lift its forehead emulous of stone[HU]
In courting notice; and the ground all paved
With commendations of departed worth;
Reading, where'er we turn, of innocent lives,