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William Ernest Henley (Уильям Эрнст Хенли)


Echoes. 11. Thick Is the Darkness


        To W. R.

Thick is the darkness—
   Sunward, O, sunward!
Rough is the highway—
   Onward, still onward!

Dawn harbours 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.

1876

William Ernest Henley's other poems:
  1. In Hospital. 18. Children: Private Ward
  2. In Hospital. 8. Staff-Nurse: Old Style
  3. The Gods are Dead
  4. Echoes. 27. She Sauntered by the Swinging Seas
  5. Rhymes and Rhythms. 20. The Shadow of Dawn


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