George Pope Morris

George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American editor and poet. With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the New York Evening Mirror and the Home Journal, later renamed Town and Country.

George Pope Morris (circa 1836)

Quotes

• Woodman, spare that tree!
  Touch not a single bough!
  In youth it sheltered me,
  And I 'll protect it now.
  • Woodman, spare that Tree! (1830), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• A song for our banner! The watchword recall
  Which gave the Republic her station:
  "United we stand, divided we fall!"
  It made and preserves us a nation!
  • The Flag of our Union, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• The union of lakes, the union of lands,
  The union of States none can sever,
  The union of hearts, the union of hands,
  And the flag of our Union forever!
  • The Flag of our Union, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Near the lake where drooped the willow,
  Long time ago!
  • Near the Lake, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• In teaching me the way to live
  It taught me how to die.
  • My Mother's Bible, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).