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The Harp of Erin

Containing the Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Dermody. In Two Volumes

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[Lest your own praise should chance to die]

Lest your own praise should chance to die,
Nor enter fame's large portal,
On sculptured stones you place it high,
—But stones are not immortal.