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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4991 |
| AUTHOR: | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| QUOTATION: | Oh for a single hour of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sonnet, in the Pass of Killicranky. |
| WORKS: | William Wordsworth Collection. |
| Note 1. It was on this occasion [the failure in energy of Lord Mar at the battle of Sheriffmuir] that Gordon of Glenbucket made the celebrated exclamation, “Oh for an hour of Dundee!”—Mahon: History of England, vol. i. p. 184. Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo, The octogenarian chief, Byzantium’s conquering foe! Lord Byron: Childe Harold, canto iv. stanza 12. [back] |
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