The brightest blades grow dim with rust,
The fairest meadow white with snow.


Chanson without Music; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

The brightest blades grow dim with rust, The fairest meadow white with snow.

The brightest blades grow dim with rust, The fairest meadow white with snow.

The brightest blades grow dim with rust, The fairest meadow white with snow.

The brightest blades grow dim with rust, The fairest meadow white with snow.