No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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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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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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True or false, that never dies
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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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Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.
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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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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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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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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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