Orrin Hatch: “many years ago William Wordsworth wrote a wonderful poem entitled ``Ode On Intimations of Immortality,'' in which he…”

“many years ago William Wordsworth wrote a wonderful poem entitled ``Ode On Intimations of Immortality,'' in which he said: Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar; Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home. . . . I feel particularly bereft today because of the loss of Paul Coverdell. I have served here for 24 years and I have seen great people come and go. There are people in this body who are just as great as the Founding Fathers were. There may not be many, but there are people here who by any measure qualify as great leaders. These great people, who are able to cross party lines and bring people together, make this body the greatest legislative body in the world. Paul was one of those people. He was kind, he was considerate, a good listener; he was wise and he was a person with whom you would want to counsel if you had any concerns. But Paul was more than that. He was politically astute. He knew when to get tough about matters and stand up for what he believed. But there was also a kindness, a softness, a decency about him that is going to live long after today. I know that ``our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting,'' and that we came ``from God, who is our home.'' I know that Paul was one of God's chosen people.…”