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“I am one who finds within me a nobility that spurns the idle pratings of the great, and their mean boasts of what their fathers were, while they themselves are fools effeminate.”

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James Gates Percival

James Gates Percival was a British poet born on September 15, 1795, and died on May 2, 1856. Known for his lyrical and narrative poetry, Percival held a significant place in 19th-century British literature. more

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“Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.”

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Source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

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