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title: "2 Deck Quotes By Will Carleton"
description: "2 Deck quotes by Will Carleton. Plus more from Will Carleton and more Deck sayings from other authors."
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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 years of their manhood away. Give them the meed they have won in the past; Give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/cover-them-over-with-beautiful-flowers-deck-them-with-garlands-those/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/cover-them-over-with-beautiful-flowers-deck-them-with-garlands-those-2/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

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## Other authors on Deck

## 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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

> [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/)

[Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/)

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