<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=393039" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An Ode</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHAT boots it to be great?<br>To live in royal state<br> And feast with kings,<br> Since now all things<br> One doom await?<br>5<br>What boots it to be fair?<br>Sweet eyes and golden hair,<br> And youthful bloom,<br> Since in the tomb<br> All foulness there?<br>10<br>To live in royal state—<br>That is not to be great;<br> Sweet eyes and golden hair—<br> That is not to be fair.<br>What is it to be great?<br>15<br>Content with thine estate;<br> To serve thy God and King<br> In everything—<br> That is it to be great.<br>What is it to be fair?<br>20<br>Sweet modesty to wear;<br> To keep thine honour sure,<br> Thy bosom pure—<br> That is it to be fair.<br>Much boots it to be great,<br>25<br>Much boots it to be fair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frederick+George+Scott">Frederick George Scott</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=393039" data-title="An Ode de Frederick George Scott" data-description="WHAT boots it to be great? To live in royal state And feast with kings, Since now all things One doom await? 5 What boots it to be fair? Sweet eyes and golden hair, And youthful bloom, Since in the tomb All foulness there? 10 To live in roya..."></div> </div> </div>

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