The poetical works of John Nicholson ... Carefully edited from the original editions, with additional notes and a sketch of his life and writings. By W. G. Hird |
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“Where merit lives, the greatest sorrow swells,
Fortune forsakes the spot where anguish dwells;
Obscure in life the man of letters mourns,
While hope, and care, and sorrow come by turns;
Or if his reputation widely spread,
Oft has he starved, and even wanted bread,
Perished in poverty, of little note,
While others profited by what he wrote.
Fortune forsakes the spot where anguish dwells;
Obscure in life the man of letters mourns,
While hope, and care, and sorrow come by turns;
Or if his reputation widely spread,
Oft has he starved, and even wanted bread,
Perished in poverty, of little note,
While others profited by what he wrote.
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