One by one the sands are flowing
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERSome pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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Seated one day at the organ
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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