 We greet not here as man conversing man, Met at an oak, or journeying o'er a plain; No season now for calm familiar talk, Like youths and maidens in an evening walk; War is our business, but to whom is given To die or triumph, that determine Heaven!  Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe - Page 270by Herodotus - 1821Full view - About this book
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