I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road. I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me Aught of its load;
Adelaide Anne Procter
Dreams grow holy put in action
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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.
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 argue, adieu to riding and driving.
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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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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 harmonious echo from our discordant life.
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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, 'Grief will pass away.'
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Tell her, if you wiil, that sorrow / Need not come in vain; / Tell her that the lesson taught her / Far outweighs the pain.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Our Beasts and our Thieves and our ChattelsHave weight for good or for ill; But the Poor are only His image, His presence, His word, His will; -And so Lazarus lies at our doorstepAnd Dives neglects him still.
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It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life.
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I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the Organ, And entered into mine. It may be that Death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heaven I shall hear that grand Amen.
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Words are mighty, words are living: Serpents with their venomous stings, Or bright angels, crowding round us, With heaven's light upon their wings: Every word has its own spirit, True or false, that never dies; Every word man's lips have uttered Echoes in God's skies.
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If thou couldst trust, poor soul! In Him who rules the whole, Thou wouldst find peace and rest; Wisdom and sight are well, but trust is best.
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