... and unrevised, in proof and out of it. I have cut reviews that needed cutting and meekly endured the curses of the reviewer. I have printed conscientiously reviews that had better been left unwritten, and held my head bloody but unbowed up to the buffets of the infuriated authors. As an editor I may say that I am at home, though not always happy, ... — Definitions • Henry Seidel Canby
... animated the Hindoos awaiting Juggernaut. His bruises will be decorations, worn with the modest pride of the veteran. He will cry aloud, in the words of the late W.E. Henley, "My head is bloody but unbowed." He will add, "My ... — A Christmas Garland • Max Beerbohm
... communion; They are priests, silent and austere, They have come together In a secret place With unbowed heads. ... — A Woman of Thirty • Marjorie Allen Seiffert