‘What, no crown won,
These two whole years,
By man of fortitude beyond his peers,
In Thrace or Macedon?’
‘No, none.
But what deep trouble does my Lycon feel,
And hide ‘neath chat about the commonweal?’
‘Glauc
(Coventry Patmore)
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