Literary Collector: A Monthly Magazine of Booklore and Bibliography, Volume 5Frederick C. Bursch, Annie Dennis Bursch G. D. Smith, 1903 - Bibliography |
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Page 130 - Since honour from the honourer proceeds, How well do they deserve, that memorize And leave in books for all posterities The names of worthies and their virtuous deeds ; When all their glory else, like water-weeds Without their element, presently dies, And all their greatness quite forgotten lies, And when and how they flourished no man heeds ! How poor remembrances are statues, tombs And other monuments that men erect To princes, which remain in closed rooms, Where but a few behold them, in respect...
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