Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes

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Adelaide Anne Procter

Profession : Poet

Birth : October 30, 1825

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

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

We always may be what we might have been.

Adelaide Anne Procter

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

Adelaide Anne Procter

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

Dreams grow holy put in action.

Adelaide Anne Procter