Forgotten? Oh, those many unmarked graves,
Strewn over land and sea!
Naught but the desert winds and ocean waves
Rehearse their memory.
Strewn over land and sea!
Naught but the desert winds and ocean waves
Rehearse their memory.
But oh! in immortality arrayed
In Heaven they dwell,
Though years have vanished, since to earth they bade
A long farewell.
In Heaven they dwell,
Though years have vanished, since to earth they bade
A long farewell.
But not alone the poor and humble rest
Where willows wave,
The highest paths of power and fame, at last
Lead to the grave.
Where willows wave,
The highest paths of power and fame, at last
Lead to the grave.
Ah! hear the dirge that all mankind must learn:
Place not on earth thy trust,
For dust thou art, to dust shalt thou return,
Dust unto dust.
Place not on earth thy trust,
For dust thou art, to dust shalt thou return,
Dust unto dust.
A queen lay on her death-bed, 'round her shone
Beauty and luxury;
But what to her was now her princely throne
And mighty monarchy?
Beauty and luxury;
But what to her was now her princely throne
And mighty monarchy?
Lost to the world would soon her presence be,
And ghosts of vanished years,
Thronged 'round her bed, laughed at her misery
And mocked her tears.
And ghosts of vanished years,
Thronged 'round her bed, laughed at her misery
And mocked her tears.
But memory saw another being there,
Her crown of gold,
The jewels sparkling on her waving hair
Roused fears untold.
Her crown of gold,
The jewels sparkling on her waving hair
Roused fears untold.
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