I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERAnd yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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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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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Each man has some part to play.
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Seated one day at the organ
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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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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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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