The saddest day will have an eve, The darkest night, a morn; Think not, when clouds are thick and dark, Thy way is too forlorn.
Clara Ann Thompson
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Hope, Songs from the Wayside (1908); Complete opening stanza. Full 12-line public-domain poem read in Academy of American Poets edition.
- Hope, Songs from the Wayside (1908)
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