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15 Phoebe Cary Quotes

Phoebe Cary shares hopeful, gentle verses about work, faith and courage.

Phoebe Cary quotes

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

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  1. And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

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

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

  4. 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.

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

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

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

  8. 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?

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.