"Lines on Gen. Robert Edward Lee (Born Jan. 19, 1807)" by H.P. Lovecraft

"Si veris magna paratur
Fama bonis, et si successu nuda remoto
Inspicitur virtus, quicquid laudamus in ullo
Majorum, fortuna fuit."
-Lucan.

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