| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15533 |
| QUOTATION: | Olaf (being to all intents
a corpse and wanting any rag
Upon what god unto him gave)
responds, without getting annoyed
“I will not kiss your f.ing flag” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | E.E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894–1962), U.S. poet. I sing of olaf glad and big (l. 15–19). . .
Complete Poems, 1904-1962 [E. E. Cummings]. George J. Firmage, ed. (1991) Liveright. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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