William Cullen Bryant,
The North American Review
(1817)
“ Unnoticed by the living—and no friend Take note of thy departure? Thousands more Will share thy destiny.—The tittering world Dance to the grave. The busy brood of care Plod on, and each one chases as before His favourite phantom.—Yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee! ”
