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.
About Adelaide Anne Procter
Adelaide Anne Procterwas an English poet and philanthropist.
Her literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens’s periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round, and later in feminist journals.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
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.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
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.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)
We always may be what we might have been.
English poet, songwriter and philanthropist (1825-1864)