It sounds like stories from the laud of spirits If any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. . . . . . . . . . Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man? Three treasures,love and light, And calm thoughts, regular as infants breath; And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
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Complaint. Ed. 1852. The Good Great Man. Ed. 1893.