SONNET.— FAME.
" To Le or not to bo ?" "Fain would T climb, but that I fear to fall."* Wiote ono - a poet and courtier of old timo ; And good Queen Bess said, filling up the rh\ nio — , , ,„ " If thy mind fail thee, do not climb at all S So, thou who standest 'ncalh Fame's dizzying ciiti; And lookest up with hot and hungry eyes To where tjc summit seems to embrace the skies, Behold thy destiny hang upon an If ! " If thy mind fails thee," look no moro on hi«h, But turn and gather shells among the sands That lie around thee ; \nv, if eagle <>yo, And re&oluto soul, sure- feU and willing hands , , Arethrne.thenolimbnTidelalm thvnieetabocic, While tho vain a\ orld below shali hail thee as a g0(l! J. I, KELLY. * Attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 207, 18 June 1887, Page 3
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136SONNET.—FAME. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 207, 18 June 1887, Page 3
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