I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERI was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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We always may be what we might have been.
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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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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