Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTERJoy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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One by one the sands are flowing
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On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.
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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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Each man has some part to play.
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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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And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret
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It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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We always may be what we might have been.
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With heaven’s light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit
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One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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