The
fame is quench’d that I foresaw,
The head hath miss’d an earthly wreath:
I curse not nature, no, nor death;
For
nothing is that errs from law.
We
pass; the path that each man trod
Is dim, or will be dim, with weeds:
What fame is left for human deeds
In
endless age? It rests with God.
O
hollow wraith of dying fame,
Fade wholly, while the soul exults,
And self-infolds the large results
Of
force that would have forged a name.