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Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.

Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 308.

Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise!

From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow,

And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.

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Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate,

Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?