George Gordon Byron

“ Have heard—and heard too have her Saxon foes:—
How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills,
Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills
Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers
With the fierce native daring, which instils
The stirring memory of a thousand years ”

“ And there were sudden partings, such as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs
Which ne'er might be repeated: who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes,
Once upon nights so sweet such awful morn could rise? ”

“ A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine—
Dash down the cup of Samian wine!⁠Byron.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”