deliver without dread.
--GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Oh, many a shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word at random spoken,
May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken.
--SIR W. SCOTT

Govern the lips as they were palace doors, the
king within. Tranquil and fair and courteous be
all words which from that presence win.
--EDWIN ARNOLD

Whene'er a noble deed is wrought,
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts, in glad surprise,
To higher levels rise.
--LONGFELLOW

Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee;
Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
To silence envious tongues; be just, and fear not.
--SHAKESPEARE

Not by the power of commerce, art, or pen,
Shall our great Empire stand, nor has it stood,
But by the noble deeds of noble men--
Heroic lives and heroes' outpoured blood.
--F. G. SCOTT

Take up the white man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
To seek another's profit
And work another's gain.
--KIPLING

Love thou thy land, with love far-brought
From out the storied Past, and used
Within the Present, but transfused
Thro' future time by power of thought.
--TENNYSON

For as long as conquest holds the earth,
Or commerce sweeps the sea,
By orient jungle or western plain
Will the Saxon spirit be;
And whatever the people that dwell beneath,
Or whatever the alien tongue,
Over the freedom and peace of the world
Is the flag of England flung.
--W. W. CAMPBELL

Of old sat Freedom on the heights,
The thunders breaking at her feet;
Above her shook the starry lights;