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| − | Walter Scott: "Breathes there the man with soul so dead, | + | Walter Scott: |
| + | "Breathes there the man with soul so dead, | ||
Who never to himself has said, | Who never to himself has said, | ||
| − | This is my own, my native land! | + | This is my own, my native land! |
| + | Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, | ||
As home his footsteps he hath turned, | As home his footsteps he hath turned, | ||
| − | From wandering on a foreign strand | + | From wandering on a foreign strand! |
| + | If such there breathe, go, mark him well; | ||
| + | For him no Minstrel raptures swell; | ||
| + | High though his tides, proud his name, | ||
| + | Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; | ||
| + | Despite those tides, power, and pelf, | ||
| + | The wretch, concentred all in self, | ||
| + | Living, shall forfeit fair renown, | ||
| + | And, doubly dying, shall go down | ||
| + | To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, | ||
| + | Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung." | ||
Latest revision as of 13:23, 1 August 2009
Walter Scott:
"Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his tides, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those tides, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung."
