Quote#Courage
Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side
Quote byThomas Moore · 1779–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Come, send round the Wine..
English (original)
Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?
— Thomas Moore
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Self is the medium thro' which Judgment's ray Can seldom pass without being turned astray.
Just as the mind the erring sense believes, The erring mind, in turn, the sense deceives.
And oh if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this!
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
Patience lingers o'er the weedy shore, And, mutely waiting till the storm be o'er, Turns to young Hope, who still directs his eye To some blue spot, just breaking in the sky!