 | 1871 - 776 str.
...were a thousand needles, assorted sizes ! Good by and good' by, and Cod bless you ail! HH THE SINGER. YEARS since (but names to me before), Two sisters...all must wear Too early pressed her midnight hair. Yet ere the summer eve grew long, Her modest lips were sweet with song ; A memory haunted all her words... | |
 | 1872 - 980 str.
...made that visit to Mr Whittier, with the mention of which he begins his beautiful poem "The Singer." " Years since (but names to me before) Two sisters sought at eve my door ; Two song birds wandering from their nest, A grey old farmhouse in the West." Alice writes naively, " I... | |
 | Mary Clemmer - 1873 - 390 str.
...will do us much good, or anyjone else. This little volume, entitled " Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary," published by Moss and Brother, of Philadelphia, was...all must wear Too early pressed her midnight hair. " TTfE SINGER." Yet, ere the summer eve grew long, • Her modest lips were sweet with song ; A memory... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 str.
...relief of promise, And to this dead, cold splendor bring The living jewels of the spring ! THE SINGER. YEARS since (but names to me before), Two sisters...from their nest, A gray old farm-house in the West. How fresh of life the younger one, Half smiles, half tears, like rain in sun ! Her gravest mood could... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 str.
...Come with thy green relief of promise, And to this dead, cold splendor 370 THE SINGER. THE SINGER. YEARS since (but names to me before), Two sisters...from their nest, A gray old farm-house in the West. How fresh of life the younger one, Half smiles, half tears, like rain in sun ! Her gravest mood could... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 str.
...And to this dead, cold splendor bring The living jewels of the spring ! THE SINGER. YEARS since (hut names to me before), Two sisters sought at eve my...from their nest, A gray old farm-house in the West. How fresh of life the younger one, Half smiles, half tears, like rain in sun ! Her gravest mood could... | |
 | Mary Clemmer - 1875 - 384 str.
...years of study, privation, aspiration, labor, sorrow, and youth. To the year 1850, Alice and Phcebe had never met any of their Eastern friends save Mr....all must wear Too early pressed her midnight hair. Vet, ere the summer eve grew long, Her modest lips were sweet with song , A memory haunted all her... | |
 | Edwin McKean Long - 1876 - 664 str.
...Whittiercommcmorates their visit by a poem published after the death of Alice, which commences thus : — " Years since ( but names to me before, ) Two sisters...Two song-birds wandering from their nest A gray old farm house in the West." Speaking of the welcome he gave, he says : — "What could I other than I... | |
 | Edwin McKean Long - 1875 - 600 str.
...a poem published after the death of Alice, which commences thus: — " Years since ( but names to1 me before, ) Two sisters sought at eve my door ; Two song-birds wandering from their nest A gray old limn house in the West." Speaking of the welcome he gave, he says: — " What could, I other than I... | |
 | Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer - 1876 - 468 str.
...have been very busy collecting and revising all our published poems, to send to New York. Rev. R. VV. Griswold, quite a noted author, is going to publish...all must wear Too early pressed her midnight hair. Yet, ere the summer eve grew long, Her modest lips were sweet with song, A memory haunted all her words... | |
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Years since (but names to me before), Two sisters sought at eve my door ; Two song-birds wandering from their nest, A gray old farm-house in the West. Timid and young, the elder had Even then a smile too sweetly sad ; The crown of pain that all must wear... 
