252. Love of Country by Sir Walter Scott
b"W Scott read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n---------------------------------------------\\n \\nLove of Country\\nby Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)\\n \\nBreathes there the man, with soul so dead, \\nWho never to himself hath said, \\nThis is my own, my native land! \\nWhose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, \\nAs home his footsteps he hath turn'd, \\nFrom wandering on a foreign strand! \\nIf such there breathe, go, mark him well; \\nFor him no Minstrel raptures swell; \\nHigh though his titles, proud his name, \\nBoundless his wealth as wish can claim; \\nDespite those titles, power, and pelf, \\nThe wretch, concentred all in self, \\nLiving, shall forfeit fair renown, \\nAnd, doubly dying, shall go down \\nTo the vile dust, from whence he sprung, \\nUnwept, unhonor'd, and unsung. \\n \\n \\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\nFirst aired: 7 June 2008\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"