I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERHalf my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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True or false, that never dies
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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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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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No star is lost once we have seen
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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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We always may be what we might have been.
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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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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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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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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