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Adelaide Anne Procter
English
Poet
About the author
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.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#May
#Men
#Women
#Driving
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.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#Life
#Day
#Echo
No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#May
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#Day
#Peace
#Light
#Night
#Quiet
#Joy
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#Life
#May
#Road
Dreams grow holy put in action.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#Action
#Dreams
We always may be what we might have been.
Adelaide Anne Procter,
English
Poet
#May