“Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell,
And Freedom shrieked—as Kosciusko fell!”

Source: Manuscript Found in Accra

Canto I, stanza 9.
The Corsair (1814)

Canto I, stanza 15.
The Corsair (1814)

"The Last Journey", from The Testament of dick peter (London: Grant Richards, 1908) p. 146

Source: White Oleander

1962, Cuban Missile Crisis speech
Context: The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are; but it is one of the most consistent with our character and our courage as a nation and our commitments around the world. The cost of freedom is always high — but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and this is the path of surrender or submission. Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right — not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved. Thank you, and good night.