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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6341 Thomas Kibble Hervey 1804-1859 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6341
AUTHOR:Thomas Kibble Hervey (1804–1859)
QUOTATION: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.
ATTRIBUTION:The dead Trumpeter.