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Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
Approximate author period: c. 1769 AD · early modern
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- James Beattie
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- Approximate author period: c. 1769 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 1.
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