I won a noble fame;
But with a sudden frown,
The people snatched my crown,
And, in the mire, trod down
My lofty name.


Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Theodore Tilton Quotes

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.