"Wake, soldier wake, thy war-horse waits To bear thee to the battle back;-- Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,-- Thy dog would break thy bivouac; Thy plume is trailing in the dust, And thy red falchion gathering rust."

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Source : Thomas Kibble Hervey (1866). “The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey”, p.36

Thomas Kibble Hervey

#Dog Quotes #Horse Quotes #War Quotes

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