Her washing ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close,… - Phoebe Caryary

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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 Caryary

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Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871), with her older sister Alice Cary, co-published poems in 1849. They lived on the Clovernook farm in North College Hill, Ohio.

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

Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be,
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Nearer leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown.

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That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of a living faith!

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