<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578725" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Truth In Thomas Gray</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Long years ago I had this dream of fame<br>That mine would live on as remembered name<br>That people would remember me and say<br>A legend once a legend still today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I think quite different now than I thought then<br>That I'd know fame and outlive other men<br>And now I know it matters none at all<br>Before we walk we have to learn to crawl.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And who could disagree with Thomas Gray<br>His elegy alive and well today<br>'Those paths of glory still lead to the grave'<br>And man to immortality still a slave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It matters little to you when you die<br>Your fame that lives on you cannot enjoy<br>So enjoy life why worry about fame<br>And treat all people equal all the same.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Longfellow wrote 'It is not always May'<br>And the fairest rose in garden yesterday<br>Today it's petals scattered on the ground<br>And other roses blooming all around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my younger years just west of Millstreet Town<br>I yearned for fame and riches and renown<br>But now I see the truth in Thomas Gray<br>And I look at life in quite a different way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</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=578725" data-title="The Truth In Thomas Gray de Francis Duggan" data-description="Long years ago I had this dream of fame That mine would live on as remembered name That people would remember me and say A legend once a legend still today. But I think quite different now than I thought then That I'd know fame and outlive other ..."></div> </div> </div>

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