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> [Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall my tears, Lest my sad tale should reach the alien's ears: Bid Fame be dumb,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/prostrate-on-earth-the-bleeding-warrior-lies-and-isr-el-s-beauty-on/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

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## Other authors on Hush

## More by William Somervile

> [The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/the-bird-that-glads-the-night-had-cheer-d-the-listening-groves-with/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

> [Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spreadO'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,And orient pearls from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/hail-gentle-dawn-mild-blushing-goddess-hail-rejoic-d-i-see-thy-purple/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

> [Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/prostrate-on-earth-the-bleeding-warrior-lies-and-isr-el-s-beauty-on/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

> [Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/fortune-is-like-a-widow-won-and-truckles-to-the-bold-alone/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

> [For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somervile/for-the-next-inn-he-spurs-amain-in-haste-alights-and-skuds-away-but/)

[William Somervile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somervile/)

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