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The man how wiſe, who ſick of gaudy ſcenes,

Is led by choice to take his fav'rite walk

Beneath death's gloomy, ſilent, cypreſs ſhades,

Unpierc'd by vanity's fantaſtic ray!

To read his monuments, to weigh his duſt

Viſit his vaults, and dwell among the tombs!