Who shuns offence and holds with neither side, Who dreads t… - John Nichol

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Who shuns offence and holds with neither side,
Who dreads the deep and never dares to swim,
Who fears to trip and never tries to run,
May yet in walking stumble.

John Nichol

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John Nichol (8 September 1833 – 11 October 1894), was a Scottish literary academic, and the first at the .

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The Gods are not of Rome or Italy:
They dwell in earth's abyss or with the stars,
Their shrines are where we bring heroic hearts.

Greece and the world are Rome's: her stars prevail;
But our complexion shifts not with the gale.
When <small>ONE</small> against a <small>NATION</small> plays his life,
He bears from hosts the glory of the strife:
Until the hero's godlike race be run
I shall be loyal to the setting sun.

The pastime of light minds
Is mocking others' grief.

Who shuns offence and holds with neither side, Who dreads the deep and never dares to swim, Who fears to trip and never tries to run, May yet in walk… - John Nichol

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