Why all this toil for triumph of an hour? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth’s highest station each in “Here he lies,” And “dust to dust” concludes her noblest song

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Why all this toil for triumph of an hour? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth’s highest station each in “Here he lies,” And “dust to dust” concludes her noblest song
Listed on Page Number
293
Sampler Worked By
M. Woodnutt
Date of Sampler
1813
Place Sampler Made
Wilmington Boarding School, DE
Sampler Listed on Page
244
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Young, Edward. Night Thoughts. London. 1742-43
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Edward_Young/IGdH6xA7ZKMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Why+all+this+toil%22++Edward+Young&pg=PA74&printsec=frontcover full text on page 74 in link above Night Thoughts Life, Death and Immortality Night the Fourth