William Falconer

“What tragic tears bedew the eye! What deaths we suffer ere we die! Our broken friendships we deplore, and loves of youth that are no more.”

“When in the dark Peruvian mine confined, lost to the cheerful commerce of mankind.”

“Inglorious bondage! Human nature groans beneath the pressure of tyrannical thrones.”

“Thrice happy he, who scorns the chase of fame, and governs his ambition by his aim.”