Poems by Phoebe Cary

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American Literature – American Poetry – Phoebe Cary – Poems by Phoebe Cary
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Poems by Phoebe Cary

Baby’s Ring
1. Moth – er’s quite dis – tract – ed, Sis – ter’s in des – pair,
2. Sure – ly nev – er such a babe Made a moth – er glad;
3. When she comes to wo – man-hood, If she keeps so fair, … Continue Reading …

The Chicken’s Mistake
A LITTLE chick one day
Asked leave to go on the water,
Where she saw a duck and her brood at play, … Continue Reading …

The Crow’s Children
A HUNTSMAN, bearing his gun a-field,
Went whistling merrily,
When he heard the blackest of black crows … Continue Reading …

The Envious Wren
ON the ground lived a hen.
In a tree lived a wren,
Who picked up her food here and there; … Continue Reading …

Faithful
1. Faint – er and faint – er may fall on my ear The
2. Whit – er and whit – er may turn with each day The
3. Dark – er and dark – er a – bove thee may spread The … Continue Reading …

The Fortune in the Daisy
1. Of what are you think -ing, my pret – ty maid, With your
2. I know by the blush-es up – on your cheek, Tho’ you
3. You are count-ing the pet – als, one by one. Of your … Continue Reading …

In Absence
1. Watch her kind – ly, kind – ly, stars, Watch her kind – ly,
2. Soothe her sweet -ly, sweet – ly, night, Soothe her sweet – ly,
3. Wake her gent – ly, gent – ly, morn. Wake her gent – ly, … Continue Reading …

A Leak in the Dike
The good dame looked from her cottage
At the close of the pleasant day,
And cheerily called to her little son … Continue Reading …

Nearer Home
One sweetly sol – emn thought Comes
2. Nearer my Fa – ther’s house, Where the
3. Nearer the bound of life, Where we … Continue Reading …

One Sweetly Solemn Thought, 1852
One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o’er and o’er;
Nearer my home today am I Than e’er I’ve been before,

Ready
1. Loaded with gal – lant sol – diers,A boat shot in – to the land,
2. Low in the boat then each man lay, But quick the cap – tain said: … Continue Reading …

A Story
While silently our vessel glides,
To-night, along the Adrian seas,
And while the lightly-heaving tides … Continue Reading …

They Didn’t Think
ONCE a trap was baited
With a piece of cheese;
It tickled so a little mouse … Continue Reading …

Thou and I
Strange, strange for thee and me
Sadly afar;
Thou safe, beyond, above, … Continue Reading …

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