The Count

For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away: His Glory shall not descend after him.

Psalm xlix. 17.

None of those Honours which the Great
And Mighty now attend,
When Death shall cast them from their Seat,
Shall to the Grave descend.

No Ensigns of a glorious Race
They thither shall convey,
Nor Titles high; for in the Grave
They nought but Dust shall be.