Famous Quotes | In social halls a favored...

In social halls a favored guest
In years that follow victory won,
How sweet to feel your festal fame
In woman’s glance instinctive thrown:
Repose is yours—your deed is known, - Herman Melville
Attribution: Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. poet, novelist. Commemorative of a Naval Victory (l. 10–14). . . Selected Poems of Herman Melville. Hennig Cohen, ed. (1991) Fordham University Press.

Categories: Achievement, Fame, Victory

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