On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERTake them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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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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Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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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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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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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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True or false, that never dies
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