One by one thy griefs shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band; One will fade as others greet thee; Shadows passing through the land.
Adelaide Anne Procter
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “One by One,” fourth stanza; Public-domain poem, complete stanza. Checked against the collected-poems transcription and corroborating 1878 Google Books page 18; line indentation normalized.
- “One by One,” fourth stanza
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