Henry Howard Brownell

Henry Howard Brownell (February 6, 1820 – 1872) was an American poet and historian. Quotes Up the River of Death Sailed the Great Admiral! The River Fight (published 1864). You might have deemed our long gun-deck Two hundred feet of hell. The River Fight (published 1864). Compare: "War is hell", attributed to William Tecumseh Sherman; "This is the soldier brave enough to tell, The glory-dazzled world that 'war is hell'", Henry van Dyke, On the St. Gaudens Statue of Sherman. Since what unnumbered year Hast thou kept watch and wardAnd o’er the buried Land of Fear So grimly held thy guard? The Sphynx (published 1864). External links Category:Historians from the United States Category:Poets from Rhode Island Category:1820 births Category:1872 deaths Category:19th-century poets from the United States