Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For... Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden - Page 71by Henry Woodhead - 1863Full view - About this book
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