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[Poems by Cary in] The Poetical Works Of Alice and Phoebe Cary

Cary, Alice (1820-1871)

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A MEMORIAL OF ALICE AND PHŒBE CARY.
 
OUR HOMESTEAD.
 
MY LITTLE ONE.
 
[Laugh, you who never had]
 
[Oh for a single hour]
 
[I thank Thee that my childhood's vanished days]
 
[Do you hear the wild birds calling]
 
[Very pale lies Annie Clayville]
 
[My little bird of the air]
 
CRADLE SONG.
 
[Give me to see, though only in a dream]
 
[Here, and not here]
 
[Low lying in her pallid pain]
 
[Therefore I pray, and can but pray]
 
[As the poor panting hart to the water-brooks runs]
 
[My soul is full of whispered song]
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ALICE CARY'S POEMS.
 
TO THE SPIRIT OF SONG.
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BALLADS AND NARRATIVE POEMS.
 
THE YOUNG SOLDIER.
 
RUTH AND I.
 
HAGEN WALDER.
 
OUR SCHOOL-MASTER.
 
THE GRAY SWAN.
 
THE WASHERWOMAN.
 
GROWING RICH.
 
SANDY MACLEOD.
 
THE PICTURE-BOOK.
 
A WALK THROUGH THE SNOW.
 
THE WATER-BEARER.
 
THE BEST JUDGMENT.
 
HUGH THORNDYKE.
 
FAITHLESS.
 
MY FADED SHAWL.
 
OLD CHUMS.
 
THE SHOEMAKER.
 
TO THE WIND.
 
LITTLE CYRUS.
 
FIFTEEN AND FIFTY.
 
JENNY DUNLEATH.
 
TRICKSEY'S RING.
 
CRAZY CHRISTOPHER.
 
THE FERRY OF GALLAWAY.
 
REVOLUTIONARY STORY.
 
THE MIGHT OF LOVE.
 
“THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH.”
 
JOHNNY RIGHT.
 
THE SETTLER'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
 
THE OLD STORY.
 
BALDER'S WIFE.
 
AT REHEARSAL.
 
THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE.
 
MAID AND MAN.
 
THE DOUBLE SKEIN.
 
SELFISH SORROW.
 
THE EDGE OF DOOM.
 
THE CHOPPER'S CHILD.
 
THE DEAD-HOUSE.
 
ONE MOMENT.
 
THE FLAX-BEATER.
 
COTTAGE AND HALL.
 
THE MINES OF AVONDALE.
 
THE VICTORY OF PERRY.
 
THE WINDOW JUST OVER THE STREET.
 
A FABLE OF CLOUD-LAND
 
BARBARA AT THE WINDOW.
 
BARBARA IN THE MEADOW.
 
BALLAD OF UNCLE JOE.
 
THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
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POEMS OF THOUGHT AND FEELING.
 
ON SEEING A DROWNING MOTH.
 
GOOD AND EVIL.
 
STROLLER'S SONG.
 
A LESSON.
 
[He spoils his house and throws his pains away]
 
ON SEEING A WILD BIRD.
 
RICH, THOUGH POOR.
 
[Still from the unsatisfying quest]
 
[The glance that doth thy neighbor doubt]
 
SIXTEEN.
 
PRAYER FOR LIGHT.
 
THE UNCUT LEAF.
 
THE MIGHT OF TRUTH.
 
TWO TRAVELERS.
 
THE BLIND TRAVELER.
 
MY GOOD ANGEL.
 
CARE.
 
MORE LIFE.
 
CONTRADICTORY.
 
THIS IS ALL.
 
IN VAIN.
 
BEST, TO THE BEST.
 
THORNS.
 
OLD ADAM.
 
SOMETIMES.
 
[Too much of joy is sorrowful]
 
THE SEA-SIDE CAVE.
 
THE MEASURE OF TIME.
 
IDLE FEARS.
 
[Do not look for wrong and evil]
 
[Our unwise purposes are wisely crossed;]
 
HINTS.
 
TO A STAGNANT RIVER.
 
[Apart from the woes that are dead and gone,]
 
COUNSEL.
 
LATENT LIFE.
 
HOW AND WHERE.
 
THE FELLED TREE.
 
A DREAM.
 
WORK.
 
COMFORT.
 
FAITH AND WORKS.
 
THE RUSTIC PAINTER.
 
ONE OF MANY.
 
THE SHADOW.
 
THE UNWISE CHOICE.
 
PROVIDENCE.
 
THE LIVING PRESENT.
 
THE WEAVER'S DREAM.
 
NOT NOW.
 
CRAGS.
 
MAN.
 
TO SOLITUDE.
 
THE LAW OF LIBERTY.
 
MY CREED.
 
OPEN SECRETS.
 
THE SADDEST SIGHT.
 
THE BRIDAL HOUR.
 
IDLE.
 
GOD IS LOVE.
 
LIFE'S MYSTERIES.
 
[We are the mariners, and God the Sea]
 
[The best man should never pass by]
 
PLEDGES.
 
PROVERBS IN RHYME.
 
FAME.
 
GENIUS.
 
IN BONDS.
 
NOBILITY.
 
TO THE MUSE.
 
[Her voice was sweet and low; her face]
 
NO RING.
 
TEXT AND MORAL.
 
TO MY FRIEND.
 
ONE OF MANY.
 
LIGHT.
 
TRUST.
 
LIFE.
 
PLEA FOR CHARITY.
 
SECOND SIGHT.
 
LIFE'S ROSES.
 
SECRET WRITING.
 
DREAMS.
 
MY POET.
 
WRITTEN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1864.
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
 
SAVED.
 
SPENT AND MISSPENT.
 
LAST AND BEST.
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POEMS OF NATURE AND HOME.
 
IF AND IF.
 
AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE.
 
THE SUMMER STORM.
 
THE SPECIAL DARLING.
 
A DREAM OF HOME.
 
EVENING PASTIMES.
 
FADED LEAVES.
 
THE LIGHT OF DAYS GONE BY.
 
A SEA SONG.
 
SERMONS IN STONES.
 
MY PICTURE.
 
MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
 
THE THISTLE FLOWER.
 
MY DARLINGS.
 
THE FIELD SWEET-BRIER.
 
THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE HILL.
 
THE OLD HOUSE.
 
THE BLACKBIRD.
 
CRADLE SONG.
 
GOING TO COURT.
 
ON THE SEA.
 
A FRAGMENT.
 
SHADOWS.
 
APRIL.
 
POPPIES.
 
A SEA SONG.
 
WINTER AND SUMMER.
 
AUTUMN.
 
DAMARIS.
 
A LESSON.
 
KATRINA ON THE PORCH.
 
THE WEST COUNTRY.
 
CONTRADICTION.
 
MY DREAM OF DREAMS.
 
IN THE DARK.
 
AN INVALID'S PLEA.
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POEMS OF LOVE.
 
THE BRIDAL VEIL.
 
PITILESS FATE.
 
THE LOVER'S INTERDICT.
 
SNOWED UNDER.
 
AN EMBLEM.
 
QUEEN OF ROSES.
 
NOW AND THEN.
 
THE LADY TO THE LOVER.
 
LOVE'S SECRET SPRINGS.
 
AT SEA.
 
A CONFESSION.
 
EASTER BRIDAL SONG.
 
PRODIGAL'S PLEA.
 
THE SEAL FISHER'S WIFE.
 
CARMIA.
 
EPITHALAMIUM.
 
JENNIE.
 
MIRIAM.
 
[O winds! ye are too rough, too rough]
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POEMS OF GRIEF AND CONSOLATION.
 
MOURN NOT.
 
CONSOLATION.
 
UNDER THE SHADOW.
 
LOST LILIES.
 
A WONDER.
 
MOST BELOVED.
 
MY DARLINGS.
 
WAIT.
 
THE OTHER SIDE.
 
A WINTRY WASTE.
 
THE SHADOW.
 
HOW PEACE CAME.
 
BE STILL.
 
VANISHED.
 
SAFE.
 
WAITING.
 
INTIMATIONS.
 
THE GREAT QUESTION.
 
[What comfort, when with clouds of woe]
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RELIGIOUS POEMS AND HYMNS.
 
THANKSGIVING.
 
[Hope in our hearts doth only stay]
 
MORNING.
 
ONE DUST.
 
SIGNS OF GRACE.
 
JANUARY.
 
ALONE.
 
A PRAYER.
 
COUNSEL.
 
SUPPLICATION.
 
PUTTING OFF THE ARMOR.
 
FORGIVENESS.
 
THE GOLDEN MEAN.
 
THE FIRE BY THE SEA.
 
THE SURE WITNESS.
 
A PENITENT'S PLEA.
 
LOVE IS LIFE.
 
[Thy works, O Lord, interpret thee]
 
[Our God is love, and that which we miscall]
 
TIME.
 
SUPPLICATION.
 
WHITHER.
 
SURE ANCHOR.
 
REMEMBER.
 
SUNDAY MORNING.
 
IN THE DARK.
 
PARTING SONG.
 
THE HEAVEN THAT'S HERE.
 
[Among the pitfalls in our way]
 
THE STREAM OF LIFE.
 
DEAD AND ALIVE.
 
INVOCATION.
 
LIFE OF LIFE.
 
MERCIES.
 
PLEASURE AND PAIN.
 
MYSTERIES.
 
LYRIC.
 
TRUST.
 
ALL IN ALL.
 
THE PURE IN HEART.
 
UNSATISFIED.
 
MORE LIFE.
 
LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
 
SUBSTANCE.
 
LIFE'S MYSTERY.
 
FOR SELF-HELP.
 
DYING HYMN.
 
EXTREMITIES.
 
HERE AND THERE.
 
THE DAWN OF PEACE.
 
OCCASIONAL.
 
[Why should our spirits be opprest]
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
 
THE LITTLE BLACKSMITH.
 
LITTLE CHILDREN.
 
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
 
NOVEMBER.
 
MAKE-BELIEVE.
 
A NUT HARD TO CRACK.
 
HIDE AND SEEK.
 
THREE BUGS.
 
WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP.
 
SUPPOSE.
 
A GOOD RULE.
 
TO MOTHER FAIRIE.
 
BARBARA BLUE.
 
TAKE CARE.
 
THE GRATEFUL SWAN.
 
A SHORT SERMON.
 
STORY OF A BLACKBIRD.
 
FAIRY-FOLK.
 
BURIED GOLD.
 
RECIPE FOR AN APPETITE.
 
THE PIG AND THE HEN.
 
SPIDER AND FLY.
 
A LESSON OF MERCY.
 
THE FLOWER SPIDER.
 
DAN AND DIMPLE, AND HOW THEY QUARRELED.
 
TO A HONEY-BEE.
 
AT THE TAVERN.
 
WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT.
 
OLD MAXIMS.
 
PETER GREY.
 
A SERMON
 
TELLING FORTUNES.
 
THE WISE FAIRY.
 
A CHILD'S WISDOM.

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[Our unwise purposes are wisely crossed;]

Our unwise purposes are wisely crossed;
Being small ourselves, we must essay small things:
Th' adventurous mote, with wide, outwearied wings
Crawling across a water-drop, is lost.
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