But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERFor when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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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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Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies
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No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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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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Seated one day at the organ
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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