To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
- Will Carleton
Appreciate, Some, Fifteen, Fifteen Minutes
Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
- Will Carleton
Worm, May, Beats, Tempest
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.
- Will Carleton
Wealth, Too Late, Sure, I Have Learned
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 clear of hell.
- Will Carleton
Clear, Part, Kept, Steered
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.
- Will Carleton
Week, Away, Been, Heaven
Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.
- Will Carleton
Army, Memorial Day, Over, Band
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