Carolina QuotesUnder the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you With a thousand memories, And asks you Beautiful, unanswerable questions.
Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Under the Harvest Moon" (1916)
- year
- 1916
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“Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in th…” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F06C942777. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f06c942777
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