Omnes Vanitas + 

Alas for ambition’s possessor! + 

Alas for the famous and proud! + 

The Isle of Manhattan’s best dresser + 

Is wearing a hand-me-down shroud. + 

The world has forgotten his glory; + 

The wagoner sings on his wain, + 

And Chauncey Depew tells a story, + 

And jackasses laugh in the lane. + 