To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERHark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
-
-
Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Seated one day at the organ
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
We always may be what we might have been.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER -
Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER