Patience! Hence-that word was made For brutes of burthen, not for birds of prey; Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine,- I am not of thine order. (Lord Byron)

Patience! Hence-that word was made For brutes of burthen, not for birds of prey; Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine,- I am not of thine order.

Lord Byron

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