Quote#Courage
Why, Rome was naked once, a bastard smudge
Quote byThomas Lovell Beddoes · 1803–1849
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Humble Beginnings" (wr. 1823-5; pub. 1851), as anthologised by Ricks (1987), no. 4.
English (original)
Why, Rome was naked once, a bastard smudge, Tumbled on straw, the denfellow of whelps, Fattened on roots, and, when a-thirst for milk, He crept beneath and drank the swagging udder Of Tyber’s brave she-wolf; and Heaven’s Judea Was folded in a pannier.
— Thomas Lovell Beddoes
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