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...the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in...CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing . -: To keep his memory...

...the end of fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in...CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ! old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole,...

...hetimes— My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. CCXVIII. What is the end of fame? 'tis hut to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper; Some liken it...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And hards hurn wh'at they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched...

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...the end of fame ? 't is but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in...A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. W hat are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's king Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...

...the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in...original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse burt. What arc the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the flrst pyramid And largest, thinking...

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...paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, are lost in vapour ; J'vr this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust." The reflections contained in this stanza are as pure as they are beautiful ; fame is indeed a bubble...