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"What is wealth?" the king would say,
"Even this shall pass away".

— Theodore Tilton

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"What is fame?
Fame is but a slow decay—
Even this shall pass away."

"Pleasure comes, but not to stay;
Even this shall pass away."

But I account it worth
All pangs of fair hopes crost—
All loves and honors lost,—
To gain the heavens, at cost
Of losing earth.

I won a noble fame;
But with a sudden frown,
The people snatched my crown,
And, in the mire, trod down
My lofty name.

So, lest I be inclined
To render ill for ill,—
Henceforth in me instil,
O God, a sweet good-will
To all mankind.

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