Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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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; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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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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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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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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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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