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,