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Eugene Field - Fame _vs._ Riches
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The Greeks had genius,--`t was a gift
  The Muse vouchsafed in glorious measure;
The boon of Fame they made their aim
  And prized above all worldly treasure.

But _we_,--how do we train _our_ youth?
  _Not_ in the arts that are immortal,
But in the greed for gains that speed
  From him who stands at Death`s dark portal.

Ah, when this slavish love of gold
  Once binds the soul in greasy fetters,
How prostrate lies,--how droops and dies
  The great, the noble cause of letters!
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