As far from pity, as complaint --

As far from pity, as complaint --
As cool to speech -- as stone --
As numb to Revelation
As if my Trade were Bone --
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Occupy Mordor!

from jimvanpelt:

To Marry An English Lord

To Marry An English Lord:  Or, How Anglomania Really Got Started by Gail McColl and Carol McD. Wallace

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the unchosen one

The Chosen one has his advantages:  there is no question of arrogance in his setting out to save the world.  He can even diffidently try to step back.  Destiny will shove him on his way.  (Perhaps with some unfortunate consequences for people near him, but that gives you a chance to characterize the villain of the piece.)

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