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6 Quotes for 'William Bliss Carman' in the Database.
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William Bliss Carman Quotes
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Art thou the topmost apple
The gathers could reach,
Reddening on the bough?
Shall I not take thee?
Topic: Apples
Source: Trans. of Sappho (53)
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Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune
I saw the white daisies go down to the sea,
A host in the sunshine, an army in June,
The people God sends us to set our heart free.
Topic: Daisies
Source: Daisies
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When promise and patience are wearing thin,
When endurance is almost driven in,
When our angels stand in a waiting hush,
Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.
Topic: Memory
Source: The Man of the Marne
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There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir:
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.
Topic: October
Source: Vagabond Song
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Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
Glad of the sun and rain,
Upright, serene, humane,
Contented with the fortune of a day.
Topic: Poverty
Source: The Word at Saint Kavin's
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The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry,
Of bugles going by.
Topic: Trees
Source: Vagabond Song
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