1820–1871

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 26, 1820, Mount Heal­thy, Ohio.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 12, 1871, New York. At her fun­er­al, the pall­bear­ers in­clud­ed Phi­ne­as T. Bar­num, found­er of the Bar­num & Bailey Cir­cus, and news­pa­per ed­it­or and pub­lisher Hor­ace Greel­ey.

Buried: Green-Wood Ce­me­te­ry, Brook­lyn, New York.

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Cary Sisters’ Grave

Biography

Cary moved to New York around 1852. She and her sis­ter Phoe­be were both gift­ed poets. Be­sides some prose works, Alice pro­duced:

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Along the Moun­tain Track of Life
  2. Be Not Much Trou­bled About Ma­ny Things
  3. The Best Gift, The
  4. Bow, An­gels, from Your Glo­ri­ous State
  5. Crown of Glo­ry Bright, A
  6. Do Not Look for Wrong and Evil
  7. Dream of Home, A
  8. Dreams
  9. Each Fear­ful Storm That o’er Us Rolls
  10. Earth, with Its Dark and Dread­ful Ills
  11. From Death un­to Life
  12. Here and There
  13. Hoe Your Own Row
  14. Honor Those Whose Hands Are Sow­ing
  15. Honor Thy Fa­ther
  16. I Can­not Plain­ly See the Way
  17. Last and Best
  18. Lest the Great Glo­ry from on High
  19. Life’s Jour­ney Ended
  20. Light Waits for Us in Hea­ven
  21. My Dar­lings
  22. My God, I Feel Thy Won­drous Might
  23. Nearer Home
  24. O My Friends, We Are Go­ing
  25. Our Days Are Few and Full of Strife
  26. Our Fa­ther, When Be­side the Tomb
  27. Sermons in Stones
  28. Sometimes, When Rude, Cold Sha­dows Run
  29. Stream of Life Is Go­ing Dry, The
  30. Sure Wit­ness, The
  31. There Nev­er Shall the Sun Go Down
  32. Thy Works, O Lord, In­ter­pret Thee
  33. To Him Who Is the Life of Life
  34. Toiling in the Earth­ly Vine­yard
  35. True Worth Is in Be­ing, Not Seem­ing
  36. We All Live for Those
  37. What Is Time, O Glo­ri­ous Giv­er