Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue… - John Conington

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Then should some man of worth appear
Whose stainless virtue all revere, They hush, they list: his clear voice rules
Their rebel wills, their anger cools.

John Conington

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John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.

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Along the illimitable shade
Darkling and lone their way they made, Through the vast kingdom of the dead, An empty void, though tenanted:
So travellers in a forest move
With but the uncertain moon above,
Beneath her niggard light.

I quail,
E'en now, at telling of the tale.

Fury and wrath within me rave,
And tempt me to a warrior's grave.

Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue all revere, They hush, they list: his clear voice rules Their rebel wills, their anger co… - John Conington

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