QuoteQuest“Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best — The Cincinnatus of the West,Whom envy dared not hate,Bequeath'd the name of Washington,To make man blush there was but one!”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Lord Byron
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 29 (1814).
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Byron, Lord. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Lord Byron. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
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