Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
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Thomas Osbert Mordaunt a British officer and poet, is best remembered for his oft-quoted poem `The Call', written during the Seven Years' War
of 1756–1763:
For many years, the poem was incorrectly attributed to Mordaunt's contemporary, Sir Walter Scott .
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
of 1756–1763:
- "Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
- Throughout the sensual world proclaim,
- One crowded hour of glorious life
- Is worth an age without a name."
For many years, the poem was incorrectly attributed to Mordaunt's contemporary, Sir Walter Scott .