Quote#Sadness
The wight can tell A melancholy and a merry tale Of field, and fight,…
Quote byWilliam Maginn · 1793–1842
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Military Sketch-Book (1827), Vols. 1 and 2, epigraph.
English (original)
The wight can tell A melancholy and a merry tale Of field, and fight, and chief, and lady gay.
— William Maginn
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