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TO ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT TO LOOK DOWN, OR BLANCH, OR CARE
Last Line: AH! THERE ARE HONOURS OF DEFEAT.
Subject(s): BALFOUR, ARTHUR. 1ST EARL (1848-1930); PHILOSOPHY & PHILOSOPHERS; STATESMEN;
NOT to look down, or blanch, or care,
But fearless still the foe to meet,
And fearless still to do or dare --
Ah! there are honours of defeat.



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