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And Glory long has made the sages smile;

'T is something, nothing, words, illusion, wind—

Depending more upon the historian's style

Than on the name a person leaves behind:

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle:205

The present century was growing blind

To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,

Until his late Life by Archdeacon Coxe.206