Will Carleton
Will Carleton
William McKendree Carletonwas an American poet. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 October 1845
CountryUnited States of America
beats beetle drought full land loaded mortgage tempest worm
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.
apple blossoms danced maiden rich silence stretched thoughts underneath within
Underneath an apple-treeSat a maiden and her lover;And the thoughts within her heYearned, in silence, to discover.Round them danced the sunbeams bright,Green the grass-lawn stretched before themWhile the apple blossoms whiteHung in rich profusion o'er them.