I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBut still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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No star is lost once we have seen
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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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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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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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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No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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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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