Phoebe Cary Quotes

United States, Poet
September 4, 1824 – July, 31, 1871.

Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of her own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled.

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

Phoebe Cary
- Heart
- Age
- Soul
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
- Home
- Today

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

Phoebe Cary
- Father
- Death
- Faith
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.

Phoebe Cary
- Life
- Great
- Father
And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.

Phoebe Cary
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.

Phoebe Cary
- Long
- She
- Night