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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.
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ALICE CARY'S POEMS.
 
TO THE SPIRIT OF SONG.
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BALLADS AND NARRATIVE POEMS.
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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.
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POEMS OF LOVE.
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POEMS OF GRIEF AND CONSOLATION.
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RELIGIOUS POEMS AND HYMNS.
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

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[He spoils his house and throws his pains away]

He spoils his house and throws his pains away
Who, as the sun veers, builds his windows o'er,
For, should he wait, the Light, some time of day,
Would come and sit beside him in his door.
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