Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBe strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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Each man has some part to play.
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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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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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies
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One by one the sands are flowing
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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