THIS tomb, inscrib'd to gentle Parnell's name, <br />May speak our gratitude, but not his fame. <br />What heart but feels his sweetly-moral lay, <br />That leads to truth through pleasure's flowery way! <br />Celestial themes confess'd his tuneful aid; <br />And Heaven, that lent him genius, was repaid. <br />Needless to him the tribute we bestow -- <br />The transitory breath of fame below: <br />More lasting rapture from his works shall rise, <br />While Converts thank their poet in the skies.<br /><br />Oliver Goldsmith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epitaph-on-thomas-parnell/
