No star is lost once we have seen
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERDo not strive to grasp them all.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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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 know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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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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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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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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