[Picture: The Tombs]
There is a Westminster scholar, and he appears to be explaining the
particulars of some Latin inscription, to his mother and sister, who have
called to see him. Methinks I hear the lady say, “See, my dear children,
what the richest and greatest come to at last. Rich and poor, high and
low, must all be laid in the grave; and though this noble monument
appears very grand to the living, it makes no difference to ‘the poor
inhabitant below,’ whether he lies beneath a beautiful pile of white
marble, or has only a few green osiers bound over his grave.”