Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROn her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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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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No star is lost once we have seen
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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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.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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