The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, f — Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
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The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, from whence he sprung,Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.

— Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805
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