Love thy country, wish it well,
Not with too intense a care,
'Tis enough, that when it fell,
Thou its ruin didst not share.


'Ode' (written 1761) in Joseph Spence Anecdotes (1820)

George Dodington Quotes

Love thy country, wish it well, Not with too intense a care, 'Tis enough, that when it fell, Thou its ruin didst not share.

Love thy country, wish it well, Not with too intense a care, 'Tis enough, that when it fell, Thou its ruin didst not share.

Love thy country, wish it well, Not with too intense a care, 'Tis enough, that when it fell, Thou its ruin didst not share.

Love thy country, wish it well, Not with too intense a care, 'Tis enough, that when it fell, Thou its ruin didst not share.