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6.
OF what I write from myself—As if that were not
the resumè;
Of Histories—As if such, however complete, were
not less complete than my poems;
As if the shreds, the records of nations, could possibly
be as lasting as my poems;
As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of
all the lives of heroes.
the resumè;
Of Histories—As if such, however complete, were
not less complete than my poems;
As if the shreds, the records of nations, could possibly
be as lasting as my poems;
As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of
all the lives of heroes.
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