| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 48060 |
| QUOTATION: | Tongues wrangled dark at a man.
He buttoned his overcoat and stood alone.
In a snowstorm, red hollyberries, thoughts, he stood alone. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), U.S. poet. Washington Monument by Night (l. 17–19). . .
O Frabjous Day! Poetry for Holidays and Special Occasions. Myra Cohn Livingston, ed. (1977) Atheneum. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Sandburg Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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