Quote#Speech
It was the warrior within
Quote byGeorge William Russell · 1867–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Nuts of Knowledge (1903).
English (original)
It was the warrior within Who called 'Awake, prepare for fight: Yet lose not memory in the din: Make of thy gentleness thy might: 'Make of thy silence words to shake The long-enthroned kings of earth: Make of thy will the force to break Their towers of wantonness and mirth.'
— George William Russell
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