Ah! vainest of all things
Is the gratitude of kings;
The plaudits of the crowd
Are but the clatter of feet
At midnight in the street,
Hollow and restless and loud.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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