A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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The greatest can but blaze, and pass away.

Pope.

I hate this Fame, false avarice of fancy,

The sickly shade of an unsolid greatness!

The lying lure of pride that Europe cheats by.

Hill.

Absurd! to think to overreach the grave,

And from the wreck of names to rescue ours:

The best concerted schemes men lay for fame,

Die fast away; only themselves die faster.