I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERLead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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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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Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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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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True or false, that never dies
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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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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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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