Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

Books were put out, and 'had a run,' / Like coinage from the mint; / But which could fill the place of…

— Phoebe Cary

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And…

— Phoebe Cary

I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The…

— Phoebe Cary

Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeing Life's inequalities, and woe, and care, The burdens laid upon our mortal being…

— Phoebe Cary

I think true love is never blind, / But rather brings an added light; / An inner vision quick to find /…

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues,…

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely, And grace your simple rustic gown With a…

— Phoebe Cary

But alas for the dreams that round us play! / For the plans of mortal making! / And alas for the false…

— Phoebe Cary

O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb…

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary

“Here’s a hand to the boy who has courage To do what he knows to be right; When he falls in the…

— Phoebe Cary