No star is lost once we have seen
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERI do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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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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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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One by one the sands are flowing
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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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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We always may be what we might have been.
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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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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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