... de ma generosite, et me donna autant de benedictions que je donnia de coups de pieds dans les flancs de ma mule, pour m'eloigner promptement de lui; mais la maudite bete, trompant mon impatience, n'en alla pas plus vite; la longue habitude qu'elle avoit de marcher pas a pas sous mon oncle lui avoit fait ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various
... died before me, men must fight and die to-day, I have merely taken pleasures for which others had to pay; I have been a man of laughter, there's no path my feet have made, I have merely been a marcher in life's gaudy dress parade. But you wear the garb of service, you have splendid deeds to do, You shall sound the depths of manhood, and ... — Over Here • Edgar A. Guest