The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere |
 | I. |
|
 |
|
|
| II. |
 | The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose |  |
XX.
The generous and the brave, in common fame,From time to time encounter praise or blame:
The vulgar pass unheeded; none escape
Scandal or insult in some form or shape.
Most fortunate are those, alive or dead,
Of whom the least is thought—the least is said.
| The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose | |