Phoebe Cary — American Poet born on September 04, 1824, died on December 29, 1871

Phoebe Cary was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary. The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of her own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled... (wikipedia)

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.
And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.
One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.