For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBe strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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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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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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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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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
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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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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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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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See how time makes all grief decay.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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No star is lost once we have seen
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Seated one day at the organ
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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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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