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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Phoebe Cary. (1824–1871)
 
7517
    And though hard be the task,
“Keep a stiff upper lip.”
          Keep a stiff upper Lip.
7518
    Nearer my Father’s house,
  Where the many mansions be,
Nearer the great white throne,
  Nearer the crystal sea.


Nearer the bound of life,
  Where we lay our burdens down,
Nearer leaving the cross,
  Nearer gaining the crown.
          Nearer Home.
7519
    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.
          The Wife. 1
 
George William Curtis. (1824–1892)
 
7520
    I walked beside the evening sea
And dreamed a dream that could not be;
The waves that plunged along the shore
Said only: “Dreamer, dream no more!”
          Ebb and Flow.
7521
    While we read history we make history.
          The Call of Freedom.
 
Note 1.
James Aldrich: A death-bed, page 694. [back]