Lord Lytton ( 10 of 33 )
God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
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God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still some aim for the heart and the will
And the soul of a man to pursue.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.
They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.
Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when read more
Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when we say
"'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.
We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
Assures read more
We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
Assures not another. The will and the power
Are diverse.
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be read more
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes,
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
No true love there can be without
Its dread penalty--jealousy.
No true love there can be without
Its dread penalty--jealousy.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
We are but as the instrument of Heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny.
We are but as the instrument of Heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny.
In life there are meetings which seem
Like a fate.
In life there are meetings which seem
Like a fate.
