The noon and eve of Life thou didst not see, But in its Dawn thou didst anticipate What jealous Night would not permit to be, What pain and suffering never could abate.
Ameen Rihani
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- In Memory of E. M. EL—K., Myrtle and Myrrh (1905), lines21–24; Full poem read in Academy edition credited to1905GorhamPress book and identified as public domain. Complete four-line sentence mourning a life cut short. English original; no translator invented. No unsupported expansion of dedicatee ini
- In Memory of E. M. EL—K., Myrtle and Myrrh (1905), lines21–24
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