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Fame then was cheap, and the first courier sped;
And they have kept it since, by being dead.
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped;
And they have kept it since by being dead.
The Conquest of Granada (1669)
Thus fights Ulysses, thus his fame extends;
A formidable man, but to his friends.
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)
All arts and artists Theseus could command,
Who sold for hire, or wrought for better fame.
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)
If I by chance succeed
In what I write, and that’s a chance indeed,
Know I am not so stupid, or so hard,
Not to feel praise, or fame’s deserved reward.
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)