This being the case, may show us what Fame is:
For out of these three “preux Chevaliers,” how
Many of common readers give a guess
That such existed? (and they may live now
For aught we know.) Renown’s all hit or miss;
There’s fortune even in Fame, we must allow.
’Tis true, the Memoirs of the Prince de Ligne
Have half withdrawn from him Oblivion’s screen.