Walter Scott Quotes About War
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In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.
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In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Alas!... what is it, valiant knight, save an offering of sacrifice to a demon of vain glory, and a passing through the fire of Moloch? What remains to you as a prize of all the blood you have spilled, of all the travail and pain you have endured, of all the tears which your deeds have caused, when death hath broken the strong man's spear, and overtaken the speed of his war-horse?
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A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.
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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!
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.
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For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.
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