The days shall come, the days shall go Just as they came and went before. The sun shall shine, the streams shall flow Though you and I are friends no more.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “After the Quarrel,” The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913), stanza 3, final four lines; Two complete sentences in four consecutive lines about life continuing after a friendship ends. Full poem read; the poem’s speaker responds bitterly to a quarrel, so this is not framed as reconcilia
- “After the Quarrel,” The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913), stanza 3, final four lines
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