A Moment—We uncertain step For newness of the night— Then—fit our Vision to the Dark— And meet the Road—erect—
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- We grow accustomed to the Dark—, second stanza; Complete stanza, retaining line breaks, capitalization and dashes from the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation text.
- We grow accustomed to the Dark—, second stanza
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