Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERI was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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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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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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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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One by one the sands are flowing
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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