The Funeral
That short, potential stir
That each can make but once,
That bustle so illustrious
’Tis almost consequence,
Is the éclat of death.
Oh, thou unknown renown
That not a beggar would accept,
Had he the power to spurn!
That short, potential stir
That each can make but once,
That bustle so illustrious
’Tis almost consequence,
Is the éclat of death.
Oh, thou unknown renown
That not a beggar would accept,
Had he the power to spurn!