Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERLead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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True or false, that never dies
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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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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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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We always may be what we might have been.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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