History & Politics
Ich Dien
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
From this emblem what variance your motto evinces,
For the Man is his country's--the Arms are the Prince's!
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Codex Note
?1814. From an autograph MS. in the possession of. Mr. A.H. Hallam Murray, now for the first time printed.
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Ich Dien.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/223/.
Chicago
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Ich Dien.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/223/.
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