John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7443 Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7443 |
| AUTHOR: | Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) |
| QUOTATION: | The flag of our stately battles, not struggles of wrath and greed, Its stripes were a holy lesson, its spangles a deathless creed: ’T was red with the blood of freemen and white with the fear of the foe; And the stars that fight in their courses ’gainst tyrants its symbols know. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Flag. |