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When men of infamy to grandeur soar, They light a torch to show their shame the more.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Men
Torch
Torches
Grandeur
Soar
Shame
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Shows
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Infamy

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