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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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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We always may be what we might have been.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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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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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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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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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below
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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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