Sunday, November 17, 2013

 

Fame

John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Regained 3.47-51:
For what is glory but the blaze of fame,
The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd?
And what the people but a herd confused,
A miscellaneous rabble, who extol
Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise?



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