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" Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;


That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroy'd,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;


That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain.


Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last—far off—at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.


So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry. "

Alfred Tennyson , In Memoriam


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Alfred Tennyson quote : Oh yet we trust that somehow good<br />Will be the final goal of ill,<br />To pangs of nature, sins of will,<br />Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;<br /><br /><br />That nothing walks with aimless feet;<br />That not one life shall be destroy'd,<br />Or cast as rubbish to the void,<br />When God hath made the pile complete;<br /><br /><br />That not a worm is cloven in vain;<br />That not a moth with vain desire<br />Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire,<br />Or but subserves another's gain.<br /><br /><br />Behold, we know not anything;<br />I can but trust that good shall fall<br />At last—far off—at last, to all,<br />And every winter change to spring.<br /><br /><br />So runs my dream: but what am I?<br />An infant crying in the night:<br />An infant crying for the light:<br />And with no language but a cry.