Carolina QuotesThe mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The Last Leaf", Poems (1836)
- year
- 1836
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