The stars can only shine In the dark night.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Each man has some part to play.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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True or false, that never dies
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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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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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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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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Seated one day at the organ
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