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DISTRIBUTION OF HONOURS FOR LITERATURE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: THE GRANDEST WRITER OF LATE AGES
Last Line: DIED WITHOUT STAR OR CROSS OR RIBBON.
Subject(s): GIBBON, EDWARD (1737-1794); HISTORY; HISTORIANS;
The grandest writer of late ages
Who wrapt Rome up in golden pages,
Whom scarcely Livius equal'd, Gibbon,
Died without star or cross or ribbon.





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