Phoebe Cary Quotes

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One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today Than I ever have been before.

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Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the living heart.

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And though hard be the task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip".

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Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

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Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of a living faith!

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Do we call the star lost that is hidden / In the great light of morn?

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For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.

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For those roses bright, oh, those roses bright!
I have twined them in my sister's locks
That are hid in the dust from sight.

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And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

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There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm.

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For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in.

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O that one unguarded moment! / Were it mine to live again, / All the strength of its temptation / Would appeal to me in vain.

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Laugh out, O stream, from your bed of green, / Where you lie in the sun's embrace; / And talk to the reeds that o'er you lean / To touch your dimpled face...

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But alas for the dreams that round us play!
For the plans of mortal making!
And alas for the false and fickle day
That looked so fair at waking!

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All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today

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I think true love is never blind,
But rather brings an added light;
An inner vision quick to find
The beauties hid from common sight.

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Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build

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You may wear your virtues as a crown,
As you walk through life serenely,
And grace your simple rustic gown
With a beauty more than queenly.
Though only one for you shall care,
One only speak your praises;
And you never wear in your shining hair,
A richer flower than daisies.

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Her washing ended with the day,
Yet lived she at its close,
And passed the long, long night away
In darning ragged hose.

But when the sun in all its state
Illumed the Eastern skies,
She passed about the kitchen grate
And went to making pies.

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But whenever she thanks the givers for favors great and small, she thinks of the good little sister who gave her more than they all.

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Nearer my Father's house,
Where the many mansions be,
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea.

Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down,
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown.

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