1.

He liv'd and lov'd! He was a power
That left its thought more felt than spoken:
" A fading flower! a falling shower!
A breaking wave! " which now is broken.

2.

Can greatness die, and be unborn?
It cannot, thou in scorn repliest:
He perish'd in his " scorn of scorn, "
And lowest deem'd, of all was highest.

3.

A vapour quench'd his visions grand:
Ah, hope destroy'd is worth's undoing!
He left the deathless deed he plann'd