So long rever'd, so long reputed wise, Is weak ; with rank knight-errantries o'errun. Why beats thy bosom with illustrious dreams Of self-exposure, laudable, and great ? Of gallant enterprise, and glorious death ? Die for thy country ! — Thou romantic... An Outline of a System of Natural Theology - Page 424 by George Crabbe - 1840 - 448 pages Full view -
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