Book Quote by 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 than they…

— 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 to me in vain.

— 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 the much…

— 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 pansy in…

— 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 Seem heavier…

— Phoebe Cary

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

— Phoebe Cary