"Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows……" — Adelaide Anne Procter
"Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain."
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Adelaide Anne Procter
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15 Quotes by Adelaide Anne Procter
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No star is lost once we have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and…
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Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the…
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Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did…
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Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies To…
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Each man has some part to play.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine…
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Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed…
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