Of words unsuited to the place

Disturb its solitude profound.

I saw this Rock, while vernal air

Blew softly o'er the russet heath,

Uphold a Monument as fair

As church or abbey furnisheth.

Unsullied did it meet the day,

Like marble, white, like ether, pure;

As if, beneath, some hero lay,

Honoured with costliest sepulture.