"blaze of glory" meaning in English

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          "text": "1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.\nA blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away."
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          "ref": "1991 February 4, Elizabeth Yukins, quoting Will Murphy, “Needle Exchange Heatedly Debated In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 3:",
          "text": "Jon has taken an \"all or nothing approach,\" and he wants to go down in a blaze of glory. […] The issue has become an ego thing: a conflict of Jon Parker versus the rest of the world.",
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        "An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out."
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          "text": "1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.\nA blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away."
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