Put It Out Of The Power Of

Be Content With What You Are, And Wish Not Change; Nor Dread Your Last Day, Nor Long For It.

Look Deep Into The Hearts Of Men, And See What Delights And Disgusts The Wise.

Light May Earth's Crumbling Sand Be Laid On Thee, That Dogs May Dig Thy Bones Up Easily

The Memory Of Everything Is Very Soon Overwhelmed In Time.

Can We Wonder That Men Perish And Are Forgotten, When Their Noblest And Most Enduring Works Decay? Death Comes Even To Monumental Structures, And Oblivion Rests On The Most Illustrious Names.