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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.

[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]

[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.

OUR SCHOOL-MASTER.

THE WASHERWOMAN.

THE PICTURE-BOOK.

A WALK THROUGH THE SNOW.

THE WATER-BEARER.

THE BEST JUDGMENT.

HUGH THORNDYKE.

MY FADED SHAWL.

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.”

THE SETTLER'S CHRISTMAS EVE.

THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE.

THE DOUBLE SKEIN.

SELFISH SORROW.

THE EDGE OF DOOM.

THE CHOPPER'S CHILD.

THE DEAD-HOUSE.

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.

STROLLER'S SONG.

[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]

PRAYER FOR LIGHT.

THE UNCUT LEAF.

THE MIGHT OF TRUTH.

THE BLIND TRAVELER.

BEST, TO THE BEST.

[Too much of joy is sorrowful]

THE SEA-SIDE CAVE.

THE MEASURE OF TIME.

[Do not look for wrong and evil]

[Our unwise purposes are wisely crossed;]

TO A STAGNANT RIVER.

[Apart from the woes that are dead and gone,]

THE FELLED TREE.

FAITH AND WORKS.

THE RUSTIC PAINTER.

THE UNWISE CHOICE.

THE LIVING PRESENT.

THE WEAVER'S DREAM.

THE LAW OF LIBERTY.

THE SADDEST SIGHT.

THE BRIDAL HOUR.

IDLE.

LIFE'S MYSTERIES.

[We are the mariners, and God the Sea]

[The best man should never pass by]

PROVERBS IN RHYME.

[Her voice was sweet and low; her face]

TEXT AND MORAL.

PLEA FOR CHARITY.

SECRET WRITING.

WRITTEN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1864.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

SPENT AND MISSPENT.

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POEMS OF NATURE AND HOME.

AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE.

THE SUMMER STORM.

THE SPECIAL DARLING.

A DREAM OF HOME.

EVENING PASTIMES.

THE LIGHT OF DAYS GONE BY.

SERMONS IN STONES.

MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THE THISTLE FLOWER.

THE FIELD SWEET-BRIER.

THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE HILL.

GOING TO COURT.

WINTER AND SUMMER.

KATRINA ON THE PORCH.

THE WEST COUNTRY.

MY DREAM OF DREAMS.

AN INVALID'S PLEA.

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THE BRIDAL VEIL.

THE LOVER'S INTERDICT.

QUEEN OF ROSES.

THE LADY TO THE LOVER.

LOVE'S SECRET SPRINGS.

EASTER BRIDAL SONG.

PRODIGAL'S PLEA.

THE SEAL FISHER'S WIFE.

[O winds! ye are too rough, too rough]

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POEMS OF GRIEF AND CONSOLATION.

UNDER THE SHADOW.

THE OTHER SIDE.

A WINTRY WASTE.

HOW PEACE CAME.

THE GREAT QUESTION.

[What comfort, when with clouds of woe]

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RELIGIOUS POEMS AND HYMNS.

[Hope in our hearts doth only stay]

SIGNS OF GRACE.

PUTTING OFF THE ARMOR.

THE GOLDEN MEAN.

THE FIRE BY THE SEA.

THE SURE WITNESS.

A PENITENT'S PLEA.

[Thy works, O Lord, interpret thee]

[Our God is love, and that which we miscall]

SUNDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVEN THAT'S HERE.

[Among the pitfalls in our way]

THE STREAM OF LIFE.

DEAD AND ALIVE.

PLEASURE AND PAIN.

THE PURE IN HEART.

LIGHT AND DARKNESS.

LIFE'S MYSTERY.

HERE AND THERE.

THE DAWN OF PEACE.

[Why should our spirits be opprest]

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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

THE LITTLE BLACKSMITH.

LITTLE CHILDREN.

A CHRISTMAS STORY.

A NUT HARD TO CRACK.

WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP.

TO MOTHER FAIRIE.

THE GRATEFUL SWAN.

A SHORT SERMON.

STORY OF A BLACKBIRD.

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.

WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT.

TELLING FORTUNES.

THE WISE FAIRY.

A CHILD'S WISDOM.

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IDLE.

I heard the gay spring coming,
I saw the clover blooming,
Red and white along the meadows;
Red and white along the streams;
I heard the bluebird singing,
I saw the green grass springing,
All as I lay a-dreaming,—
A-dreaming idle dreams.

I heard the ploughman's whistle,
I saw the rough burr thistle
In the sharp teeth of the harrow,—
Saw the summer's yellow gleams
In the walnuts, in the fennel,
In the mulleins, lined with flannel,
All as I lay a-dreaming,—
A-dreaming idle dreams.

I felt the warm, bright weather;
Saw the harvest,—saw them gather
Corn and millet, wheat and apples,—
Saw the gray barns with their seams
Pressing wide,—the bare-armed shearers,—
The ruddy water-bearers,—
All as I lay a-dreaming,—
A-dreaming idle dreams.

The bluebird and her nestling
Flew away; the leaves fell rustling,
The cold rain killed the roses,
The sun withdrew his beams;

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No creature cared about me,
The world could do without me,
All as I lay a-dreaming,—
A-dreaming idle dreams.