One by one the sands are flowing
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERLead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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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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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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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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We always may be what we might have been.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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