Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all.


The Professor at the Breakfast-Table (1860)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.