John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Henry Howard Brownell 1820-1872 John Bartlett
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| Up the River of Death Sailed the Great Admiral! |
| The River Fight. |
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| You might have deemed our long gun-deck Two hundred feet of hell. 1 |
| The River Fight. |
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| Since what unnumbered year Hast thou kept watch and ward And o’er the buried Land of Fear So grimly held thy guard? |
| The Sphynx. |
| Note 1. Remark attributed to General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891): War is hell. Henry van Dyke: On the St. Gaudens Statue of Sherman:— This is the soldier brave enough to tell The glory-dazzled world that “war is hell.” [back] |