One by one the sands are flowing
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERI do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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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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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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True or false, that never dies
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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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But still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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