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Garland of valour and sorrow, of beauty and renown,
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Come all you bold statesmen that are of high renown,
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Though some do strive and do arrive to riches and renown,
The Southern Harmony 1809-1875 1966
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And others that perhaps you've seen, of beauty and renown,
The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems George W. Doneghy
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There's old Young and young Young, both men of renown,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832 Various
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Tradition does not say at what time it was that this mighty hero honoured the isles of the Baltic with his actual presence, but, in return, it informs us that Holger, like so many other heroes of renown,
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There's old Young and young Young, both men of renown,
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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The people of Virginia, remembering the ancient precedent which won them their renown,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various
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Eke gave he unto Gunther,/a knight of high renown,
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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In the contest that ensued, Pompey relied on his renown,
History of Julius Caesar Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 1904
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