Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEROne by one the sands are flowing
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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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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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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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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Each man has some part to play.
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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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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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Seated one day at the organ
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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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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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