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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One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be
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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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Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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The stars can only shine In the dark night.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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For when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’
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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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Seated one day at the organ
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Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
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Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
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Lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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