Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEREach man has some part to play.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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No star is lost once we have seen
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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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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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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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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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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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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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