Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes
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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 ass begin to think 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 noisy keys. It seemed the…
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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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Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The flutter…
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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 listen to Earth’s weary voices…
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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 through Peace to Light.
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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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No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.
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We always may be what we might have been.
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