Carolina QuotesI know her story-telling eye Has more expression than her tongue; And from that heart-extorted sigh, At once the peal of love is rung.
George Moses Horton Carolinian
Source
The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: The Colored Bard of North Carolina: To Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself (1845)
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- The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: The Colored Bard of North Carolina: To Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself
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- 1845
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“I know her story-telling eye Has more expression than her to…” George Moses Horton. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1599DF61C0. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1599df61c0
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