John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7403 Walt Whitman 1819-1892 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7403 |
| AUTHOR: | Walt Whitman (1819–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | O Banner! Not houses of peace are you, nor any nor all of their prosperity; if need be you shall have every one of those houses to destroy them; You thought not to destroy those valuable houses, standing fast, full of comfort, built with money; May they stand fast then? Not an hour, unless you, above them and all, stand fast. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Drum-Taps. Song of the Banner at Daybreak. |
| WORKS: | Walt Whitman Collection. |