Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERTo listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys.
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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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Do not strive to grasp them all.
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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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Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new
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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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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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Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright,
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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