The stars can only shine In the dark night.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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One by one the sands are flowing
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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True or false, that never dies
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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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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Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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