Edward Young: For what are men who grasp at praise sublime, But bubbles on the rapid stream of time, That rise, and fall, that swell,

For what are men who grasp at praise sublime, But bubbles on the rapid stream of — Edward Young

For what are men who grasp at praise sublime, But bubbles on the rapid stream of time, That rise, and fall, that swell, and are no more, Born, and forgot, ten thousand in an hour?

Edward Young

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