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

Cary, Alice (1820-1871)

A MEMORIAL OF ALICE AND PHŒBE CARY.

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ALICE CARY'S POEMS.

TO THE SPIRIT OF SONG.

BALLADS AND NARRATIVE POEMS.

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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.

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.

POEMS OF NATURE AND HOME.

POEMS OF GRIEF AND CONSOLATION.

RELIGIOUS POEMS AND HYMNS.

POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

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[Her voice was sweet and low; her face]

Her voice was sweet and low; her face
No words can make appear,
For it looked out of heaven but long enough
To leave a shadow here.

And I only knew that I saw the face,
And saw the shadow fall,
And that she carried my heart away
And keeps it; that is all.