Seated one day at the organ
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne by one the sands are flowing
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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We always may be what we might have been.
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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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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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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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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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.
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