Fame's but a hollow echo; gold, pure clay;
Honour, the darling but of one short day,
Beauty-th' eye's idol-but a damasked skin;
State, but a golden prison to live in
And torture free-born minds. (Walter Raleigh)

Fame's but a hollow echo; gold, pure clay; Honour, the darling but of one short day, Beauty-th' eye's idol-but a damasked skin; State, but a golden prison to live in And torture free-born minds.

Walter Raleigh

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