...uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapor ; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's king, Cheops, erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...

...resources, we but one, To mourn alone the love which has undone. DON JOAX. VANITY OP FAME. — f— WHAT is the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man ? Old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...

...versified the same sentiment, and much in the style of Pope : " What is the end of Fame ? 'Tis bnt to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust." Tet no two poets ever longed more ardently or laboured more incessantly for fame than Pope and Byron....

...end of Fame ? 'tis but to fill 218 A certain portion of uncertain paper : Some liken it to climhing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? Old Egypt's King, 219 Cheops, erected the first pyramid, And largest,...

...like all bills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards born what they call their midnight taper, To have, when...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust." Tet no two poets ever longed more ardently or laboured more incessantly for fame than Pope and Byron....

...me sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! FAME. WHAT is the end of Fame ! 'Tis but to fill A certain...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man ? Old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...

...vapor, For this, men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill ; And bards burn, what they call, the ' midnight taper.' To have, when the original is dust, A name ; a wretched picture, and worse bust." Is it not, then, a strange phenomenon — an anomaly — that the love of fame should, in spite of...

...se» cendres reposent-elles ? Quelle influence at-il eu sur son siecle? Traduisez en français :— What is the end of fame ? 'Tis but to fill A certain...is dust, A name, a wretched picture and worse bust. BYRON. 92 McGILL COLLEGE, MONTREAL. SESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS, 1865. TUESDAY, APRIL 18тн:—2 PM то...

...spent betimes — My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. CCXVIII. "What is the end of Fame ? 'T is but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper :...dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? Old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...

...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight tajio;*, To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. What are the hopes of man ? Old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking...