Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBe strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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No star is lost once we have seen
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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We always may be what we might have been.
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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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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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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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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