Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809) was a British officer and poet.

Quotes

• Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife,
    Throughout the sensual world proclaim,
  One crouded hour of glorious life
    Is worth an age without a name.
  • "Verses written during the War 1756-1763",
    The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer (Edinburgh, 12 October 1791)
  • Cf. John Scott of Amwell and Sir Walter Scott

Allusions

• "You're a good chap, Barker," said the magistrate. "No, I won't do it again. Who's the fellow who talks of 'one crowded hour of glorious life'? By George! it's too fascinating. I had the time of my life! Talk of fox-hunting! No, I'll never touch it again, for it might get a grip of me."
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "One Crowded Hour", The Strand Magazine (August 1911)