Carolina QuotesBe, as you have been, my happiness; Let me sleep beside you, each night, like a spoon.
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
"Woman," lines 170-171
- work
- The Lost World (1965)
- year
- 1965
Cite this record
“Be, as you have been, my happiness; Let me sleep beside you,…” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-39039C0273. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/39039c0273
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