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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SCOTT'S 'THE FIELD OF WATERLOO', by THOMAS ERSKINE
First Line: On waterloo's ensanguined plain
Last Line: Fell half so flat as walter scott.
Alternate Author Name(s): Erskine Of Restormel, 1st Baron
Subject(s): Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832); Waterloo; Battle Of Waterloo
First Line: On waterloo's ensanguined plain
Last Line: Fell half so flat as walter scott.
Alternate Author Name(s): Erskine Of Restormel, 1st Baron
Subject(s): Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832); Waterloo; Battle Of Waterloo
ON Waterloo's ensanguined plain
Lie tens of thousands of the slain;
But none, by sabre or by shot,
Fell half so flat as Walter Scott.
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