The "Transit gloria mundi" is finely expressed in the 
      Introduction to the Foundation-charters of some of the ancient 
      Abbeys. Some expressions here used are taken from that of the 
      Abbey of St. Mary's, Furness, the translation of which is as 
      follows:--
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        "Considering every day the uncertainty of life, that the roses 
      and flowers of Kings, Emperors, and Dukes, and the crowns and 
      palms of all the great, wither and decay; and that all things, 
      with an uninterrupted course, tend to dissolution and death: I 
      therefore," etc.