“In the lost battle,
Borne down by the flying,
Where mingles war's rattle
With groans of the dying.”

— Walter Scott , Marmion

Canto III, stanza 11.
Marmion (1808)

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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