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.
• I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
• Dreams grow holy put in action.
• See how time makes all grief decay.
• 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…
• 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…
• Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
• 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…
• 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…
• Each man has some part to play.
• I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
• Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
• Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
• No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.
• We always may be what we might have been.

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