“Ye towers of Julius, London's lasting shame,
With many a foul and midnight murder fed.”
II. 3. lines 87-88
The Bard (1757)
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English poet, historian 1716–1771Related quotes

“Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did.”
Source: Bloodfever

“Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
That crown the wat'ry glade.”
St. 1
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=odec (written 1742–1750)

“O foul disgrace, of knighthood lasting stain,
By men of arms a helpless lady slain!”
Contra uma dama, ó peitos carniceiros,
Feros vos amostrais, e cavaleiros?
Stanza 130, lines 7–8 (tr. William Julius Mickle); the death of Inês de Castro.
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto III