I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERJoy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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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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No star is ever lost we once have seen, 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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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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