Quotes by Phoebe Cary - Page 1

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Lips
Military
Tasks
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And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Stiff
Lip
Task
Though
Upper
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Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Bridal Shower
Light
Reading
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Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Nor
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Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the living heart.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Birthday
Smile
Grace
Heart
Soul
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All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Life
Blessing
Today
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Do we call the star lost that is hidden / In the great light of morn?
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Light
Reality
Stars
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For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Deception
Knowing
Taken
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Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Wise
Shadow
Sometimes
Thinking
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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!
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Courage
Smile
Fighting
Giving Up
Yield
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Home
Solemn
Today
Nearer
Sweetly
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Father, perfect my trust;Let my spirit feel in death,That her feet are firmly setOn the rock of a living faith!
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Father
Feet
Rocks
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Dust
Rose
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!
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Men
Figs
Harvest
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Moments
Regret
Temptation
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Little Sister
Sisterhood
Thinking
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Christmas
Jesus
Smile
Children
Littles
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Black
Eye
Half
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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 you get is small.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Forgiveness
Giving
Littles
Thinking
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Light
Love Is
Thinking
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Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Bed
Children
Valleys
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Books were put out, and 'had a run,' / Like coinage from the mint; / But which could fill the place of one, / That one they wouldn't print?
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Running
Book
Rejection
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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!
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Dream
Disappointment
Play
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Laughing
Lying
Rivers
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Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Angel
Beautiful
Youth
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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 than the human heart can bear.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Bears
Care
Heart
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O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of heart, Forget your years to-day and come As children back to childhood's house.
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Men
Children
Heart
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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 purple dress, The pink with cheek of red, Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs, Like a bashful maid her head.
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Flower
Purple
Rose
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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.
Phoebe Cary / Poet
Flower
Hair
Simple
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