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> [If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/if-there-s-a-heaven-upon-the-earth-a-fellow-knows-it-when-he-s-been/)

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## More by Will Carleton

> [“ Autumn Days Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/autumn-days-yellow-mellow-ripened-days-sheltered-in-a-golden-coating/)

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> [Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words. Careful with fire, is good advice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/boys-flying-kites-haul-in-their-white-winged-birds-you-can-t-do-that/)

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> [And that was the way The deuce was to pay As it always is, at the close of the day That gave us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/and-that-was-the-way-the-deuce-was-to-pay-as-it-always-is-at-the/)

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> [But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/but-i-have-learned-a-thing-or-two-i-know-as-sure-as-fate-when-we-lock/)

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> [Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/things-at-home-are-crossways-and-betsy-and-i-are-out/)

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> [Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day Sleeping the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/cover-them-over-with-beautiful-flowers-deck-them-with-garlands-those/)

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> [I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/i-ve-watched-my-duty-straight-an-true-an-tried-to-do-it-well-part-of/)

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> [Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/over-all-our-happy-country-over-all-our-nation-spread-is-a-band-of/)

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> [Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/thanksgiving-day-i-fear-if-one-the-solemn-truth-must-touch-is/)

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> [Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/over-the-hill-to-the-poor-house-i-m-trudgin-my-weary-way/)

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> [Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/worm-or-beetle-drought-or-tempest-on-a-farmer-s-land-may-fall-each-is/)

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> [Not all the labour of the earth Is done by hardened hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/not-all-the-labour-of-the-earth-is-done-by-hardened-hands/)

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> [The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/the-editor-sat-in-his-sanctum-his-countenance-furrowed-with-care-his/)

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> [There's lots of people-this town wouldn't hold them; Who don't know much excepting what's told them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/there-s-lots-of-people-this-town-wouldn-t-hold-them-who-don-t-know/)

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> [To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/to-appreciate-heaven-well-it-s-good-for-a-person-to-have-some-fifteen/)

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