Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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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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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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True or false, that never dies
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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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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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
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