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" Thick is the darkness--
Sunward, O, sunward!
Rough is the highway--
Onward, still onward!
Dawn harbors surely
East of the shadows.
Facing us somewhere
Spread the sweet meadows.
Upward and forward!
Time will restore us:
Light is above us,
Rest is before us. "

William Ernest Henley , Poems by William Ernest Henley


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William Ernest Henley quote : Thick is the darkness--<br /> Sunward, O, sunward!<br />Rough is the highway--<br /> Onward, still onward!<br />Dawn harbors surely<br /> East of the shadows.<br />Facing us somewhere<br /> Spread the sweet meadows.<br />Upward and forward!<br /> Time will restore us:<br />Light is above us,<br /> Rest is before us.