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Countries-Scotland: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

The mountains look on Marathon- And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto III. St. 86.

Ireland. Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save; Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause or the men of the Emerald Isle.— DR. WILLIAM DRENNAN — Erin.

Italy. Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me- (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais)- Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it, "Italy."— ROBERT BROWNING — Men and Women.

"De Gustibus." 2 Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame.— BYRON — Childe Harold. Canto IV. St. 42.

Scotland. Give me but one hour of Scotland, Let me see it ere I die.— WM. E. AYTOUN — Lays of the Scottish

Cavaliers-Charles Edward at Versailles. L. 111. Hear, Land o' Cakes and brither Scots Frae Maiden Kirk to Johnny Groat's.— BURNS — On Capt. Grose's Peregrinations

Thro' Scotland. O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent; Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!— BURNS — Cotter's Saturday Night. St. 20.

The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?— CHURCHILL — Prophecy of Famine. L. 195.

O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!— SCOTT — Lay of the Last Minstrel. Canto VI. St. 2.