One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERTo listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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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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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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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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Each man has some part to play.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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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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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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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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