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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.

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
Sisterhood, Thinking, Little Sister
Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary (1873). “Ballads for Little Folks”, p.132

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.

Phoebe Cary
Flower, Purple, Rose
Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”

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