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Fragment: The False Laurel And The True.

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'What art thou, Presumptuous, who profanest     The wreath to mighty poets only due,     Even whilst like a forgotten moon thou wanest?     Touch not those leaves which for the eternal few     Who wander o'er the Paradise of fame,     In sacred dedication ever grew:     One of the crowd thou art without a name.'     'Ah, friend, 'tis the false laurel that I wear;     Bright though it seem, it is not the same     As that which bound Milton's immortal hair;     Its dew is poison; and the hopes that quicken     Under its chilling shade, though seeming fair,     Are flowers which die almost before they sicken.'

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