Walter Scott - War Quotes

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

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For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war,
Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.

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So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war,
There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.

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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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The wind breath'd soft as lover's sigh,
And, oft renew'd, seem'd oft to die,
With breathless pause between,
O who, with speech of war and woes,
Would wish to break the soft repose
Of such enchanting scene!

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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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Civil war is a species of misery which introduces men to strange bedfellows.

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