Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERJoy 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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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
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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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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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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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Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.
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No star is lost once we have seen
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming,
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Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible?
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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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Be strong, O Heart of mine, Look towards the light!
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