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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.

Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one
Have limits to its mercy; God has none.

One by one bright gifts from heaven
Joys are sent thee here below;
Take them readily when given,
Ready, too, to let them go.

I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going;
Do not strive to grasp them all.

Hours are golden links, God's token
Reaching heaven; but one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.

I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.

Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.

Each man has some part to play.

No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.

See how time makes all grief decay.

Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, 'Grief will pass away.'

Half my life is full of sorrow,
Half of joy, still fresh and new;
One of these lives is a fancy,
But the other one is true.

Do not look at life's long sorrow; see how small each moment's pain.