Poetry Quote of Sir Walter Scott

The PoetMy Native Land by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish poet born on 15 August 1771. The 9th of his father's children. His father was a member of a cadet branch of the Scotts Clan, and his mother descended from the Haliburton family, the descent from whom granted Walter's family the hereditary right of burial in Dryburgh Abbey.The Quote"Living, shall forfeit fair renown,"This quote is found in line 13 of the poem "My Native Land"The DetailsActually,...

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