Lyric Poem · War & Remembrance
What General has a Good Army
by Walt Whitman
WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;
He happy in himself, or she happy in herself, is happy,
But I tell you you cannot be happy by others, any more than you can beget or conceive a
child
by others.
This poem is in the public domain.
“What General has a Good Army” by Walt Whitman — quilloak.com/poems/what-general-has-a-good-army
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