We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power! Why, theref… - Richard Chenevix Trench

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We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power!
Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong,
Or others — that we are not always strong,
That we are ever overborne with care,
That we should ever weak or heartless be,
Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer,
And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?

Richard Chenevix Trench

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About Richard Chenevix Trench

Richard Chenevix Trench (9 September 1807 – 28 March 1886) was an Irish poet, and the Anglican archbishop of Dublin.

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Alternative Names: Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Richard Chenevix Trench • Trench, Richard Chenevix • Richard Chevenix Trench

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John Greenleaf Whittier Robert Browning Friedrich Schiller Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Isaac Watts

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Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed,
Not all who fail have therefor worked in vain.
There is no failure for the good and brave.

Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident,
It is the very place God meant for thee;
And should'st thou there small room for action see,
Do not for this give room for discontent.

Oh seize the instant time; you never will
With waters once passed by impel the mill.

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