Carolina QuotesHere lies a spendthrift who believed That only those who spend may keep; Who scattered seeds, yet never grieved Because a stranger came to reap.
DuBose Heyward Carolinian
Source
"Epitaph for a Poet"
- work
- Skylines and Horizons (1924)
- year
- 1924
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“Here lies a spendthrift who believed That only those who spe…” DuBose Heyward. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-20FA471FE7. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/20fa471fe7
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