My name -- my country -- what are they to thee!
What, whether base or proud my pedigree?
Perhaps I far surpass'd all other men--
Perhaps I fell below them all -- what then?
Suffice it, stranger! that thou seest a tomb--
Thou know'st its use -- it hides -- no matter whom.
More verses by William Cowper
- Olney Hymn 14: Jehovah-Shammah
- On A Fowler, By Isidorus
- From Menander
- Verses
- Olney Hymn 3: Jehovah-Rophi: I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee