Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERSeated one day at the organ
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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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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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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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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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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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Each man has some part to play.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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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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No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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