One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEREach man has some part to play.
More Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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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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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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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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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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One by one the sands are flowing
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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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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