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Franceis Petrark, the Laureat poete Highte this Clerk, whose rethoric swete Enlumined all Itaille of poetrie; etc.
What is the end of fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their «midnight taper,» To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man?
Je me suis assis dans le cimetière, au pied de l'orme sous lequel, en 1807, lord Byron écrivait ces vers, au moment où je revenais de la Palestine: Spot of my youth! whose hoary branches sigh, Swept by the breeze that fans thy cloudless sky, etc.
48 21 douros: say 'dollars' or 'cash. A duro is a Spanish coin whose par value is now five francs, before 1871, a trifle more. 48 20 a deux lieues: cf. note to 4 8. Contrast English 'thank you, which usually expresses assent pourquoi faire? cf. note to 38 21. Cf. note to 43 2.
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