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"I will not pause beside a tomb   Where nothing calls to mind Aught that can brighten mortal gloom,    Or elevate mankind;—

"No glorious memory to efface   The stain of meaner clay; No intellect whose heavenly trace    Redeem'd our earth:—away!"

Ah, these are thoughts that well may rise On youth's ambitious pride; But I will sit and moralise This lowly stone beside.