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IV
.
O
YOUTHS
and
virgins
:
O
declining
eld
:
O
pale
misfortune's
slaves
:
O
ye
who
dwell
Unknown
with
humble
quiet
;
ye
who
wait
In
courts
,
or
fill
the
golden
seat
of
kings
:
O
sons
of
sport
and
pleasure
:
O
thou
wretch
That
weep'st
for
jealous
love
,
or
the
sore
wounds
Of
conscious
guilt
,
or
death's
rapacious
hand
Which
left
thee
void
of
hope
:
O
ye
who
roam
In
exile
;
ye
who
through
the
embattled
field
Seek
bright
renown
;
or
who
for
nobler
palms
Contend
,
the
leaders
of
a
public
cause
;
Approach
:
behold
this
marble
.
Know
ye
not
The
features
?
Hath
not
oft
his
faithful
tongue
Told
you
the
fashion
of
your
own
estate
,
The
secrets
of
your
bosom
?
Here
then
,
round
His
monument
with
reverence
while
ye
stand
,
Say
to
each
other
:
"
Thi
was
Shakespear's
form
;
"
Who
walk'd
in
every
path
of
human
life
,
"
Felt
every
passion
;
and
to
all
mankind
"
Doth
now
,
will
ever
that
experience
yield
"
Which
his
own
genius
only
could
acquire
.
"