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There are eyes half defiant,
Half meek and compliant;
Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm
To bring us good or to work us harm.

— Phoebe Cary Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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And though hard be the task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip!"

Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of a living faith!

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