Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies,
Till all who knew him follow to the skies.
Tears therefore fall where Chesters ashes sleep;
Him wife, friends, brothers, children, servants weep
And justlyfew shall ever him transcend
As husband, parent, brother, master, friend.
Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley.
William Cowper
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