Quote#Desire
Who o'er the herd would wish to reign
Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Lady of the Lake (1810), Canto V, stanza 30..
English (original)
Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king!
— Walter Scott
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