Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERDo no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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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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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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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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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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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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Seated one day at the organ
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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