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Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on! Were the last words of Marmion.

"Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion.

Walter Scott (1874). “Marmion: With All the Copyright Introductions, Notes, and Readings”, p.245

What's down below is in the past Like last night's crickets, far below.

Wallace Stevens (2011). “Selected Poems”, p.80, Knopf

for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.

Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.56, Vintage

[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.

Victoria Sackville-West, Vita Sackville-West (1985). “No Signposts in the Sea”, Penguin Group USA

A good dream was something you clung to until the last moment before waking.

Veronica Rossi (2013). “Through The Ever Night: Number 2 in series”, p.75, Hachette UK

Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.

Vernor Vinge (2010). “A Fire Upon The Deep”, p.119, Macmillan

Rio would be my last Olympics.

"Q&A with Usain Bolt: Protests, doping scandals, post-track life ... and wings". Interview, www.espn.co.uk. September 24, 2016.

It seems that, notwithstanding the dramatic increases in manmade CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world's warming has stopped.

"2009 Australia's second warmest year ever, according to Bureau of Meteorology figures" by Julian Drape, www.heraldsun.com.au. January 5, 2010.