Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERLead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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But still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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True or false, that never dies
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Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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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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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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