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Upon the shattered standards of Austria he would confer the meed of merited applause for heroic, although unprevailing bravery.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir

Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem faltering downward from each hard won place.

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean