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[Poems by Cary in] The poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary

Cary, Alice (1820-1871)

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KEATS.
  
HANNIBAL'S LAMENT FOR HIS BROTHER.
  
THE WRECK.
  
I WOULD TELL HIM THAT I LOVE HIM.
  
THE SPECTRE WOMAN.
  
THE PAST AND PRESENT.
  
DEATH OF CLEOPATRA.
  
PALESTINE.
  
NAPOLEON AT THE DEATH OF DUROC.
  
THE ORPHAN GIRL.
  
THE HOMELESS.
  
A NORLAND BALLAD.
  
MORNA.
  
ALDA.
  
THE PIRATE.
  
THE ORPHAN'S DREAM OF LOVE.
  
THE BLUE SCARF.
  
THE STRANGER'S EPITAPH.
  
THE BETRAYAL.
  
THE CHILDREN.
  
TO MARY.
  
THE LOVER'S VISION.
  
MELODY.
  
TO LUCY.
  
AN EVENING TALE.
  
SAILOR'S SONG.
  
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
  
LIGHTS OF GENIUS.
  
I KNOW THOU ART FREE.
  
A GOOD MAN.
  
HYMN OF THE TRUE MAN.
  
HYMN OF THE STUDENT OF NATURE.
  
LIFE'S ANGELS.
  
THE PILGRIM.
  
PITIED LOVE.
  
ALONE BY THE TOMB.
  
TWO VISIONS.
  
LOST DILLIE.
  
PICTURES OF MEMORY.
  
THE TWO MISSIONARIES.
  
LEILA.
  
THE HANDMAID.
  
THE POOR.
  
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
  
FAR AWAY.
  
THE BETTER LAND.
  
FIRST LOVE.
  
THE MILL-MAID.
  
LOVE.
  
DEATH.
  
THE CHARMED BIRD.
  
PRIDE.
  
MISSIVE.
  
ONE DEPARTED.
  
MUSINGS BY THREE GRAVES.
  
TO THE EVENING ZEPHYR.
  
ANSWER.
  
RESPONSE.
  
THE SAILOR'S STORY.
  
A LOCK OF HAIR.
  
VISIONS OF LIGHT.
  
A LEGEND OF ST. MARY'S.
  
THE NOVICE OF ST. MARY'S.
  
HELVA.
  
THE TIME TO BE.
  
ELOQUENCE.
  
TO ELMA.
  
TO FLORA.
  
MYRRHA.
  
TO MYRRHA.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.
  
TO ---.
  
TO ---.
  
THE TWO LOVERS.
  
ABJURATION.
  
OLD STORIES.
  
SPECTRES.
  
LUCIFER.
  
BE ACTIVE.
  
DEATH'S FERRYMAN.
  
WATCHING.
  
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
  
CRADLE SONG.
  
SEKO.
  
THE DESERTED FYLGIA.
  
MUSIC.
  
ORPHAN'S SONG.
  
BRIDGES.
  
BOOK OF LIGHT.
  
THE CHILD OF NATURE.
  
WHERE REST THE DEAD?
  
LYRA: A LAMENT.
  
IN ILLNESS.
  
HYMN TO THE NIGHT.
  
THE MINSTREL.
  
HYALA.
  
GRAND-DAME AND CHILD.
  
AGATHA TO HAROLD.
  
LEGEND OF SEVILLE.
  
TO THE WINDS.
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ANNUARIES.
  
LOST LIGHT.
  
PAUL.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF GLADNESS.
  
THE TRYST.
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JESSIE CARROL.
  
HYPERION.
  
THE DAUGHTER.
  
ANNIE CLAYVILLE.
  
YESTERNIGHT.
  
WINTER.
  
WOOD NYMPHS.
  
OCTOBER.
  
THE NEW YEAR.
  
IN THE SUGAR CAMP.
  
RHYME OF MY PLAYMATE.
  
THE COMING OF NIGHT.
  
FIRE PICTURES.
  
THE WOOD LILY.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF SONG.
  
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
  
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
  
THE MURDERESS.
  
CONTENT.
  
OF ONE ASLEEP.
  
DISSATISFIED.
  
DYING SONG.
  
LILY LEE.
  
MIRACLES.
  
TOKENS.
  
TO THE HOPEFUL.
  
GOING TO SLEEP.
  
THE DYING MOTHER.
  
THE LULLABY.
  
GLENLY MOOR.
  
ROSEMARY HILL.
  
MY BROTHER.
  
NELLIE, WATCHING.
  
ROSALIE.
  
JUSTIFIED.
  
ISIDORE'S DREAM.
  
BURNS.
  
THE EMIGRANTS.
  
RINALDO.
  
JULIET TO ROMEO.
  
OF HOME.
  
MY FRIEND.
  
PARTING AND MEETING.
  
A RUIN.
  
THE POET.
  
ASPIRATIONS.
  
CHANGED.
  
WEARINESS.
  
EDITH TO HAROLD.
  
PARTING WITH A POET.
  
THE RECLAIMING OF THE ANGEL.
  
ADELYN.
  
MADELA.
  
THE BROKEN HOUSEHOLD.
  
PARTING SONG.
  
THE BRIDAL OF WOE.
  
A DREAM UNTOLD.
  
THE CONVICT.
  
SICK AND IN PRISON.
  
LONGINGS.
  
REMORSE.
  
DESPAIR.
  
RESPITE.
  
OF ONE DYING.
  
MAY VERSES.
  
WURTHA.
  
THE SHEPHERDESS.
  
WASHING THE SHEEP.
  
GEORGE BURROUGHS.
  
LUTHER.
  
THE EVENING WALK.
  
MY MOTHER.
  
LAST SONG.
  
WEARINESS.
  
PERVERSITY.
  
WHEN MY LOVE AND I LIE DEAD.
  
HIDDEN LIGHT.
  
DEVOTION.
  
PROPHECY.
  
LIGHT AND LOVE.
  
A RETROSPECT.
  
THE HOMELESS.
  
A PRAYER.
  
KINDNESS.
  
ENJOY.
  
APRIL.
  
AT THE GRAVE.
  
MULBERRY HILL.
  
A RUSTIC PLAINT.
  
THE SPIRIT-HAUNTED.
  
ULALIE.
  
ON THE PICTURE OF A MAGDALEN.
  
DEATH SONG.
  
YOUNG LOVE.
  
THE MORNING.
  
AWAKENING.
  
TIMES.
  
THE PROPHECY.
  
WORSHIP.
  
ONLY TWO.
  
NOBILITY.
  
DOOMED.
  
THE WAY.
  
THISBE.
  
SAFE.
  
ADELIED.
  
WHAT AN ANGEL SAID.
  
MY PLAYMATE.
  
THE WORKERS.
  
LOOKING BACK.
  
HYMN.
  
LEILIA.
  
MILNA GREY.
  
THE BETROTHED.
  
THE GOOD ANGEL.
  
MY FRIEND AND I.
  
OUT BY THE WATERS.
  
LOVE'S CHAPEL.
  
FALLEN GENIUS.
  
DYING.
  
HARRIET.
  
FALMOUTH HALL.
  
SONG.
  
LIVE AND HELP LIVE.
  
TO ELMINA.
  
HOMESICK.
  
THE MAIDEN OF TLASCALA.

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CRADLE SONG.

Weary of the mother's part?
My sweet baby, never!
I will rock thee on my heart
Ever, yes, forever!
Loveliest of lovely things,
Pure as the evangel!—
O, in everything but wings
Is my babe an angel!
Blue as heaven is are the eyes,
'Neath the lids so waxen,
And the gold of morning lies
In the ringlets flaxen.
Fragrant shrub, or tropic tree,
Never yielded blossom
Half so lovely, sweet, as thee,
Sleeping on my bosom!
When thy little dimpled cheek
Mine is softly pressing,
Not a wish have I to seek
Any other blessing.
Art thou, little baby, mine?
Earlier love effacing:
One whose smile is like to thine,
Chides this long embracing.
No! as drops of light and dew
Glorify each other,
So shall we life journey through,
Father, child, and mother.
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