There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.
Having reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?
If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you.
For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave.