I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flattered its rank breath, nor… — Lord Byron
I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed To its idolatries a patient knee.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage · 1818
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Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 113.
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Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 3, st. 113.