Edmund Waller Quote

Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown,
Could never make this island all her own.


'Panegyric to My Lord Protector' (1655)


Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown, Could never make this island all her own.

Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown, Could never make this island all her own.

Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown, Could never make this island all her own.

Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown, Could never make this island all her own.