Teacher + 

Ideals are like the stars, + 

Always above our reach. + 

Humbly I tried to learn, + 

More humbly did I teach. + 

On all honest virtues + 

I sought to keep firm hold. + 

I wanted to be a good man + 

Though I pinched my soul. + 

But now I lie beneath cool loam + 

Forgetting every dream; + 

And in this narrow bed of earth + 

No lights gleam. + 

In this narrow bed of earth + 

Star-dust never scatters, + 

And I tremble lest the darkness teach + 

Me that nothing matters. + 