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