EPITAPH. ON JOHN LORD CARYLL A manly Form; a bold, yet modest mind; Sincere, tho' prudent; constant, yet resign'd; Honour unchang'd; a Principle profest; Fix'd to one side, but mod'rate to the rest; An honest Courtier, and a Patriot too; Just to his Prince, and to his Country true: All these were join'd in one, yet fail'd to save The Wise, the Learn'd, the Virtuous, and the Brave; Lost, like the common Plunder of the Grave! Ye Few, whom better Genius does inspire, Exalted Souls, inform'd with purer Fire! Go now, learn all vast Science can impart; Go fathom Nature, take the Heights of Art! Rise higher yet: learn ev'n yourselves to know; Nay, to yourselves alone that knowledge owe. Then, when you seem above mankind to soar, Look on this marble, and be vain no more! Back to Pope