Quote#Truth
[H]aving entered the lists of Poetry, should I be foiled at the first…
Quote byNicholas Michell · 1807–1880
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Siege of Constantinople (1831), Dedication to Thomas Campbell.
English (original)
[H]aving entered the lists of Poetry, should I be foiled at the first onset, I may probably, like a true knight, who, as Cid Hamete's hero says, "though he be vanquished to-day, may conquer to-morrow," re-set my lance in rest, and venture another encounter.
— Nicholas Michell
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