PAR FROM THE MADDING' CROWD'S IGNOBLE STRIFE,

THEIR SOBER WISHES NEVER LEARN'D TO STRAY;
ALONG THE COOL SEQUESTER'D VALE OF LIFE

THEY

KEPT

THE NOISELESS

TENOUR OF THEIR

WAY:

YET EV'N THESE BONES FROM INSULT TO PROTECT
SOME FRAIL MEMORIAL STILL ERECTED

NIGH,
WITH UNCOUTH RHYMES AND SHAPELESS SCULPTURE DECK'D ,

IMPLORES THE PASSING TRIBUTE OF A SIGH.

THEIR NAME, THEIR YEARS, SPELT BY TH' UNLETTER'D MUSE,

THE PLACE OF FAME AND ELEGY SUPPLY: