
“They love their land because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his Majesty.”
Pollack, Michael The Chronology of American Literature: A Faded Literary Light https://mobile.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/nyregion/thecity/a-faded-literary-light.html?referer=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/. The Los Angeles Times, 2004: 126.