I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERTo listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was.
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Each man has some part to play.
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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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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See how time makes all grief decay.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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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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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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Hours are golden links, God’s token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them
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Seated one day at the organ
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