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Walter Scott on Veterans Day

1771–1832 Scotland

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Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.

Life of Napoleon (1827)

Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.

The Lady of the Lake (1810)

Yet what can they see in the longest kingly line in Europe, save that it runs back to a successful soldier?

Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?

Marmion (1808)

War's a fearsome thing. They'll be cunning that catches me at this wark again.

In the lost battle,
Borne down by the flying,
Where mingles war's rattle
With groans of the dying.

Marmion (1808)

One blast upon his bugle horn
Were worth a thousand men.

Lady of the Lake (1810)

Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Dream of fighting fields no more:
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.

Lady of the Lake (1810)

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

Marmion (1808)

Still from the sire the son shall hear
Of the stern strife, and carnage drear,
Of Flodden's fatal field,
When shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear,
And broken was her shield!

Marmion (1808)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Scott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.