Lord Byron Quotes About Country
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Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart-- The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd-- To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
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It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians, whose virtues have been those of peace, and their vices those of compulsion. But whatever may have been their destiny and it has been bitter whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe.
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Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul!
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-Good Night!
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I loved my country, and I hated him.
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolish'd the right arm Of his own country.
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For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
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Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!
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I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through The growing waters; it unmans one quite, Especially when life is rather new.
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Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world.
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