Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton.
By William Cowper
Pause here and think: a monitory rhyme
Demands one moment of thy fleeting time.
Consult lifes silent clock, thy bounding vein;
Seems it to sayHealth here has long to reign?
Hast thou the vigour of thy youth? an eye
That beams delight? a heart untaught to sigh?
Yet fear. Youth, ofttimes healthful and at ease,
Anticipates a day it never sees;
And many a tomb, like Hamiltons, aloud
Exclaims Prepare thee for an early shroud.