Isabella’s husband the Reverend G. R. Alden regularly wrote poems, which were published in The Pansy magazine. In June 1891 he celebrated the closeness of siblings with this delightful poem:

"Twice one is two." 
That's a text for you. 
Whether at work or play,
Whether by night or day,
Whether in school or store, 
On table, or shelf or floor, 
This is the thing we do — 
We prove the rule is true.

One cannot truly love alone, 
No more than could a granite stone; 
Better eat dinner without bread, 
Or think sweet thoughts, without a head.

The heart all empty is, you see, 
And one must enter there and be 
The tenant, and fill up the hollow, 
Just like the dinner you would swallow.

Quarrel alone! That would be funny! 
Sooner have bees, but never honey! 
Better a cart with but one wheel, 
Better a flint, with never a steel.

With half a shears, if you were clever, 
You might do work; but you could never 
Quarrel alone, in all your life; 
Someone must help you in the strife.

S'pose that is why God made us two, 
That we might love each other true; 
Not hate and quarrel, scratch and fight, 
So drive away his love and light; 
But helping each, in work or play, 
We'll hurry on the heavenly way, 
And by and by together stand, 
Before his throne, each hand in hand.

G. R. Alden