Quote#Courage
Thus, when the lamp that lighted
Quote byThomas Moore · 1779–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), I'd mourn the Hopes..
English (original)
Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds.
— Thomas Moore
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Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
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