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Poem for August 22, 2031

The poem for August 22, 2031 is "Patriotism 1. Innominatus" by Sir Walter Scott.

Patriotism 1. Innominatus

by Sir Walter Scott

BREATHES there the man with soul so dead,

Who never to himself hath said,

'This is my own, my native land!'

Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd

As home his footsteps he hath turn'd

From wandering on a foreign strand?

If such there breathe, go, mark him well;

For him no Minstrel raptures swell;

High though his titles, proud his name,

Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;

Despite those titles, power, and pelf,

The wretch, concentred all in self,

Living, shall forfeit fair renown,

And, doubly dying, shall go down

To the vile dust from whence he sprung,

Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.

About this daily poem

Daily date
August 22, 2031
Poem
Patriotism 1. Innominatus
Poet
Sir Walter Scott
Themes
nature, love, death, beauty

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