Will Carleton
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Will Carleton (October 21, 1845 – December 18, 1912) was an American poet, who wrote mostly about rural life.
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- Not a log in this buildin' but its memories has got
And not a nail in this old floor but touches a tender spot.- Out of the old House, Nancy, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Fare you well, old house! you're naught that can feel or see,
But you seem like a human bein'—a dear old friend to me;
And we never will have a better home, if my opinion stands,
Until we commence a-keepin' house in the house not made with hands.- Out of the old House, Nancy, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.
- Over the Hill to the Poor-house (1872).
- To appreciate heaven well
'T is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.- Gone with a handsomer Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
[edit] Betsy and I Are Out (1871)
Betsy and I Are Out (1871), published in the Toledo Blade and then reprinted by Harper’s Weekly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
- Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.
- I have talked with Betsy, and Betsy has talked with me,
And so we've agreed together that we can't never agree.
- Betsy, like all good women, had a temper of her own.
- The more we arg'ed the question the more we did n't agree.
- I don't complain of Betsy or any of her acts,
Exceptin' when we 've quarreled and told each other facts.
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- Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at the blushing trees, And the sombre, furrowed fallow; Smiling at the airy ease, Of the southward flying swallow Sweet and smiling are thy ways, Beauteous, golden Autumn days.
