Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBut where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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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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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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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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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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We always may be what we might have been.
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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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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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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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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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