The land is holy where they fought
And holy where they fell;
For by their blood that land was bought,
The land they loved so well.


New England's Dead, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Isaac McLellan Quotes

The land is holy where they fought And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they loved so well.

The land is holy where they fought And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they loved so well.

The land is holy where they fought And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they loved so well.

The land is holy where they fought And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they loved so well.