Joseph Stella (1911); Quoted in: Ruth L. Bohan. Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920, (2006). p. 193
“While the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow.”
Stanza 1
Ye Mariners of England http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Campbell/ye%20mariners_of_england.htm (1800)
“A believer is similar to a restless soldier in an endless battle.”
Source: What I Saw At Shiloh (1881), I
O’Connell recalling the spirited conduct of the Irish soldiers in Wellington’s army, at the Monster meeting held at Mullaghmast. Envoi, Taking Leave of Roy Foster, by Brendan Clifford and Julianne Herlihy, Aubane Historical Society, Cork.pg 16
“With equal rage, as when the southern wind,
Meeteth in battle strong the northern blast.”
Canto IX, stanza 52 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.”
Treatise VII - On the Mortality http://books.google.com/books?id=8fUYJKWWe80C&q="for+the+helmsman+is+recognized+in+the+tempest+in+the+warfare+the+soldier+is+proved"&pg=PA966#v=onepage
“My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins.”
As quoted in John Gunther's Inside Asia. (1939)
“The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.”
As quoted in The Cynic's Lexicon : A Dictionary of Amoral Advice (1984) by Jonathon Green
Variant translation: The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 281
Joseph Stella (1911); Quoted in: Judith Zilczer (1983) Joseph Stella: : The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, p. 10
