Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

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).


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.