On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERBe strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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One by one the sands are flowing
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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We always may be what we might have been.
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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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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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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