Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I give the fight up; let there be an end,
A privacy, an obscure nook for me,
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I give the fight up; let there be an end,
A privacy, an obscure nook for me,
I want to be forgotten even by God.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not read more

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.

As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.

As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Yet was he but a squire of low degree.

Yet was he but a squire of low degree.

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.