Not beauty, wealth, or lineage e'er could raise A woman's n… - John Hoole

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Not beauty, wealth, or lineage e'er could raise
A woman's name (he said) to height of praise,
If not in action chaste.

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John Hoole (2 December 1727 – 2 August 1803) was an English translator.

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When highest placed on giddy Fortune's wheel,
Unhappy man must soon expect to feel
A sad reverse, and in the changing round
With rapid whirl as sudden touch the ground.

My endeavour has been to render the sense of my author as nearly as possible, which could never be done merely by translating his words.

What has that wretched damsel left to boast,
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Not beauty, wealth, or lineage e'er could raise A woman's name (he said) to height of praise, If not in action chaste. - John Hoole

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