"New England's dead. New England's dead! On every hill they lie; On every field of strife, made red By bloody victory."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
New England's Dead, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_McLellan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Isaac McLellan
Isaac McLellan (21 May 1806 – 20 August 1899) was an author and poet, some of whose work has achieved notability by republication in anthologies.
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Isaac McLellan →
Related Quotes
"The land is holy where they fought And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they l…"
"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"
"Would you end war? Create great Peace."
"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."
"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"
"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."
"Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?"
"Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping…"
"We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear."