Adelaide Anne Procter Poems

  • 1.
    You have taken back the promise
    That you spoke so long ago;
    Taken back the heart you gave me-
    I must even let it go.
    ...
  • 2.
    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.
    ...
  • 3.
    LOUD roared the tempest,
    Fast fell the sleet;
    A little Child Angel
    Passed down the street,
    ...
  • 4.
    BEFORE I trust my fate to thee,
    Or place my hand in thine,
    Before I let thy future give
    Color and form to mine,
    ...
  • 5.
    He was the first always: Fortune
    Shone bright in his face.
    I fought for years; with no effort
    He conquered the place:
    ...
  • 6.
    WHERE are the swallows fled?
    Frozen and dead,
    Perchance, upon some bleak and stormy shore.
    O doubting heart!
    ...
  • 7.
    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;
    ...
  • 8.
    My God, I thank Thee who hast made
    The earth so bright;
    So full of splendour and of joy,
    Beauty and light;
    ...
  • 9.
    SEATED one day at the Organ,
    I was weary and ill at ease,
    And my fingers wandered idly
    Over the noisy keys.
    ...
Total 9 Poems by Adelaide Anne Procter

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