I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERDreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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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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No star is lost once we have seen
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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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True or false, that never dies
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Seated one day at the organ
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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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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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