No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERSeated one day at the organ
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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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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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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Seated one day at the organ
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Each man has some part to play.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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But still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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