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Matthew Prior - Upon Honour. A Fragment.
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Honour, I say, or honest Fame, 
I mean the substance, not the name; 
(Not that light heap of tawdry wares, 
Ermin, Coronets, and Stars, 
Which often is by merit sought, 
By gold and flatt`ry oft`ner bought. 
The shade, for which Ambition looks, 
In Selden`s or in Ashmole`s books):
But the true glory which proceeds, 
Reflected bright from honest deeds, 
Which we in our Own breast perceive, 
And Kings can neither take nor give.
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