| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63996 |
| QUOTATION: | The moon gives you light,
And the bugles and the drums give you music,
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Walt Whitman (1819–1892), U.S. poet. Dirge for Two Veterans (l. 33–36). . .
The Complete Poems [Walt Whitman]. Francis Murphy, ed. (1975; repr. 1986) Penguin Books. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Whitman Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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