Social Commentaries
Epigram 4: Fame
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Social Commentaries
Whe Fortune, Loue & Death their tasks haue doon
Fame makes our liues through many ages run:
For be our liuing actions, good or ill
Fame keepes a record of our doings still,
By Fame Great Iulius Caesar euer liues;
And Fame, infamous life to Nero giues.
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