Patriots

"Breathes there the man" ^ | 1771-1832 | Sir Walter Scott

[zerosix]

PATRIOTISM

Sir Walter Scott
BREATHES there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!'

[zerosix]

Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on a foreign strand?

If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;

Despite those titles, 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, unhonour'd, and unsung.

[zerosix]

I believe this by the good Scottsman now more than ever!

[odawg]

Scott never met the American left.

[Jane Long]

Very appropriate, for today.

[z3n]

The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down

~~~

[zerosix]

True enough.

I don't think even Jim Webb can run under their flag today!

[Vermont Lt]

I thought this was going to be about cam Newton.

[zerosix]

Sorry to surprise/disappoint you.

[Vermont Lt]

After Brady left, we have had nothing but disappointment.

[Huaynero]

‘This is my own, my native land!’

Neatly ties the bow on how I feel about my Virginia