Will Carleton Quotes

Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all. - Will Carleton

We arg'ed the thing at breakfast, we arg'ed the thing at tea, And the more we arg'ed the question, the more we didn't agree. - Will Carleton

Underneath an apple-tree
Sat a maiden and her lover;
And the thoughts within her he
Yearned, in silence, to discover.
Round them danced the sunbeams bright,
Green the grass-lawn stretched before them
While the apple blossoms white
Hung in rich profusion o'er them. - Will Carleton

Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out. - Will Carleton

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have agreed together that we can't never agree. - Will Carleton

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead. - Will Carleton

If we who have sailed together
Flit out of each other's view,
The world will sail on, I think,
Just as it used to do. - Will Carleton

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again. - Will Carleton

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