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But ere he wander'd from that chosen spot, Where first his infant limbs had learn'd to move, One duty still remained, and it was not The least, though last, due to a parent's love, Whose words and wishes in unison strove To fit the noble mind for noble deeds.-- Some filial record of regard, to prove Where rest the ashes when the soul recedes To those august abodes to which heaven's portal leads.