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.

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. 1817, canto 3, st. 113.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." The Major Works. Oxford UP, 2008, canto 3, st. 113.