Quote #5

'Pleasure comes, but not to stay; Even this shall pass away.'

More from Theodore Tilton

  1. 'What is wealth?' the king would say, 'Even this shall pass away'.
  2. 'Pain is hard to bear,' he cried, 'But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away.'
  3. So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,- Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.
  4. 'What is fame? Fame is but a slow decay- Even this shall pass away.'
  5. But I account it worth All pangs of fair hopes crost- All loves and honors lost,- To gain the heavens, at cost Of losing earth.
  6. I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

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