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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6874 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6874
AUTHOR:Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892)
QUOTATION:No sound is breathed so potent to coerce
And to conciliate, as their names who dare
For that sweet mother-land which gave them birth
Nobly to do, nobly to die.
ATTRIBUTION:Tiresias.