“Give me to die unwitting of the day,
And stricken in Life's brave heat, with senses clear!”
"Mors Benefica".
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American poet, critic, and essayist 1833–1908Related quotes


upon being wounded in the head at Stony Point
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"Science and Religion" (1939-1941), p. 22 http://books.google.com/books?id=Q1UxYzuI2oQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
1950s, Out of My Later Years (1950)

“As with most unwitting servants of the gods, once the game was done so was the servant’s life.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 21 (p. 563)

“Give me, give me God's own country! there to live and there to die”
"God's Own Country" (circa 1885)
Source: Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit

“This is a good day to die. Follow me!”
Rallying cry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (25 June 1876), quoted in Campaigns of General Custer in the North-west by Judson Elliott Walker