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Sir Walter Scott

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SOUND, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
    To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
    Is worth an age without a name.

About the poet

Sir Walter ScottSir Walter Scott
1771-1832

 
By the same poet
A Serenade
Proud Maisie
Brignall Banks
Lucy Ashton's Song
The Rover's Adieu
Patriotism: 1. Innominatus
Patriotism: 2. Nelson, Pitt, Fox
 
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Sir Walter Scott at amazon.co.uk

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