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Matthew Prior - Upon Honour. A Fragment.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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