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

Cary, Phoebe (1824-1871)

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A MEMORIAL OF ALICE AND PHŒBE CARY
 
[I see the lights of the village]
 
[I see the lights of the baker]
 
KATE KETCHEM.
 
[And hark! there is something strange about]
 
[And yet it almost makes me weep]
 
[The veil of flesh that hid]
 
BORDER-LAND.
 
FIELD PREACHING.
 
NEARER HOME.
 
[O mine eyes, be not so tearful]
 
[If still they kept their earthly place]
 
MORAL LESSONS.
 
[Go on, my friend, speak freely, pray]
 
ADVICE GRATIS TO CERTAIN WOMEN.
 
WAS HE HENPECKED?
 
[Let your warm hands chill not, slipping]
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PHŒBE CARY'S POEMS.
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BALLADS AND NARRATIVE POEMS.
 
DOVECOTE MILL.
 
THE GARDENER'S HOME.
 
THE MILL.
 
SUGAR-MAKING.
 
THE PLAYMATES.
 
THE SCHOOL.
 
YOUTH AND MAIDEN.
 
THE COUNTRY GRAVE—YARD.
 
WOOING.
 
PLIGHTED.
 
WEDDED.
 
THE BABY.
 
THE FATHER.
 
THE WIFE.
 
A BALLAD OF LAUDERDALE.
 
THE THREE WRENS.
 
DOROTHY'S DOWER.
 
BLACK RANALD.
 
THE LEAK IN THE DIKE.
 
THE LANDLORD OF THE BLUE HEN.
 
THE KING'S JEWEL.
 
EDGAR'S WIFE.
 
THE FICKLE DAY.
 
THE MAID OF KIRCONNEL.
 
SAINT MACARIUS OF THE DESERT.
 
FAIR ELEANOR.
 
BREAKING THE ROADS.
 
THE CHRISTMAS SHEAF.
 
LITTLE GOTTLIEB.
 
A MONKISH LEGEND.
 
ARTHUR'S WIFE.
 
GRACIE.
 
POOR MARGARET.
 
LADY MARJORY.
 
THE OLD MAN'S DARLING.
 
A TENT SCENE.
 
THE LADY JAQUELINE.
 
THE WIFE'S CHRISTMAS.
 
COMING ROUND.
 
THE LAMP ON THE PRAIRIE.
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POEMS OF THOUGHT AND FEELING.
 
A WEARY HEART.
 
COMING HOME.
 
HIDDEN SORROW.
 
A WOMAN'S CONCLUSIONS.
 
ANSWERED.
 
DISENCHANTED.
 
ALAS!
 
MOTHER AND SON.
 
THEODORA.
 
UP AND DOWN.
 
BEYOND.
 
FAVORED.
 
WOMEN.
 
THE ONLY ORNAMENT.
 
EQUALITY.
 
EBB-TIDE.
 
HAPPY WOMEN.
 
LOSS AND GAIN.
 
A PRAYER.
 
MEMORIAL.
 
THE HARMLESS LUXURY.
 
TRIED AND TRUE.
 
PEACE.
 
SUNSET.
 
APOLOGY.
 
THE SHADOW.
 
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
 
LIVING BY FAITH.
 
MY LADY.
 
PASSING FEET.
 
MY RICHES.
 
FIGS OF THISTLES.
 
IMPATIENCE.
 
THOU AND I.
 
NOBODY'S CHILD.
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POEMS OF NATURE AND HOME.
 
AN APRIL WELCOME.
 
MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
 
THE FORTUNE IN THE DAISY.
 
A PICTURE.
 
FAITH.
 
TO AN ELF ON A BUTTERCUP.
 
PROVIDENCE.
 
OLD PICTURES.
 
THE PLAYMATES.
 
“THE BAREFOOT BOY.”
 
WINTER FLOWERS.
 
MARCH CROCUSES.
 
HOMESICK.
 
“FIELD PREACHING.”
 
GATHERING BLACKBERRIES.
 
SPRING AFTER THE WAR.
 
THE BOOK OF NATURE.
 
SUGAR-MAKING.
 
SPRING FLOWERS.
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POEMS OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
 
AMY'S LOVE-LETTER.
 
DO YOU BLAME HER?
 
SONG.
 
SOMEBODY'S LOVERS.
 
ON THE RIVER.
 
INCONSTANCY.
 
LOVE CANNOT DIE.
 
HELPLESS.
 
MY HELPER.
 
FAITHFUL.
 
THE LAST ACT.
 
TRUE LOVE.
 
COMPLAINT.
 
DOVES' EYES.
 
THE HUNTER'S WIFE.
 
LOVERS AND SWEETHEARTS.
 
THE ROSE.
 
A DAY DREAM.
 
THE PRIZE.
 
A WOMAN'S ANSWER.
 
IN ABSENCE.
 
ENCHANTMENT.
 
WOOED AND WON.
 
LOVE'S RECOMPENSE.
 
JEALOUSY.
 
SONG.
 
I CANNOT TELL.
 
DEAD LOVE.
 
MY FRIEND.
 
DREAMS AND REALITIES.
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RELIGIOUS POEMS AND HYMNS.
 
MANY MANSIONS.
 
THE SPIRITUAL BODY.
 
A GOOD DAY.
 
HYMN.
 
DRAWING WATER.
 
TOO LATE.
 
RETROSPECT.
 
HUMAN AND DIVINE.
 
OVER-PAYMENT.
 
VAIN REPENTANCE.
 
IN EXTREMITY.
 
PECCAVI.
 
CHRISTMAS.
 
COMPENSATION.
 
RECONCILED.
 
THOU KNOWEST.
 
CHRISTMAS.
 
PRODIGALS.
 
ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX.
 
THE WIDOW'S THANKSGIVING.
 
VIA CRUCIS, VIA LUCIS.
 
HYMN.
 
OF ONE FLESH.
 
TEACH US TO WAIT!
 
IN HIS ARMS.
 
[The heart is not satisfied]
 
UNBELIEF.
 
THE VISION ON THE MOUNT.
 
A CANTICLE.
 
THE CRY OF THE HEART AND FLESH.
 
OUR PATTERN.
 
THE EARTHLY HOUSE.
 
YE DID IT UNTO ME.
 
THE SINNER AT THE CROSS.
 
THE HEIR.
 
REALITIES.
 
HYMN.
 
WOUNDED
 
A CRY OF THE HEART.
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POEMS OF GRIEF AND CONSOLATION.
 
EARTH TO EARTH.
 
THE UNHONORED.
 
JENNIE.
 
COWPER'S CONSOLATION.
 
TWICE SMITTEN.
 
BORDER-LAND.
 
THE LAST BED.
 
LIGHT.
 
WAITING THE CHANGE.
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PERSONAL POEMS.
 
READY.
 
DICKENS.
 
THADDEUS STEVENS.
 
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
 
THE HERO OF FORT WAGNER.
 
GARIBALDI IN PIEDMONT.
 
JOHN BROWN.
 
OTWAY.
 
OUR GOOD PRESIDENT.
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
 
TO THE CHILDREN.
 
GRISELDA GOOSE.
 
THE ROBIN'S NEST.
 
RAIN AND SUNSHINE.
 
BABY'S RING.
 
DON'T GIVE UP.
 
THE GOOD LITTLE SISTER.
 
NOW.
 
THE CHICKEN'S MISTAKE.
 
EFFIE'S REASONS.
 
FEATHERS.
 
THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.
 
DAPPLEDUN.
 
SUPPOSE!
 
A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND.
 
EASY LESSONS.
 
OBEDIENCE.
 
THE CROW'S CHILDREN.
 
HIVES AND HOMES.
 
NORA'S CHARM.
 
THEY DID N'T THINK.
 
AJAX.
 
“KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP!”
 
WHAT THE FROGS SING.
 
THE HUNCHBACK.
 
THE ENVIOUS WREN.
 
THE HAPPY LITTLE WIFE.

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“If still they kept their earthly place,
The friends I held in my embrace,
And gave to death, alas!
Could I have learned that clear calm faith
That looks beyond the bounds of death,
And almost longs to pass?”
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