When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the ’scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.

Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There’s no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear. This doth put us still in mind That our flesh must be resigned, And, a general silence made, The world be muffled in a shade.

The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator.

Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.

There is no armour against fate.

When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.

The honour is overpaid,When he that did the act is commentator.

Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live.

Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear. This doth put us still in mind That our flesh must be resigned, And, a general silence made, The world be muffled in a shade.

How little room Do we take up in death, that, living, know No bounds!