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.
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
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
Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light. - Phoebe Cary
Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.
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
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.
Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip! - Phoebe Cary
Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!
Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build - Phoebe Cary
Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build
And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip. - Phoebe Cary
And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.
Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure t… - Phoebe Cary
Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure t…
All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today - Phoebe Cary
All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today
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 … - 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 than the …
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion