"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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Thomas Kibble Hervey
Thomas Kibble Hervey (February 4, 1799 – February 27, 1859) was a British poet and critic.
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