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
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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.
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It also has the effect of shutting down a service in a similar fashion to what occurred with Napster a couple of years ago and that has the potential to be good for record industry revenues.
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But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.
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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.