Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.
Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing)
Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 316.
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- attributed · historical anthology
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- c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Public domain (United States)
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