Quote#Nature
"What dost thou see, lone watcher on the tower
Quote byCharles Mackay · 1814–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics (1857), "The Watcher On The Tower".
English (original)
"What dost thou see, lone watcher on the tower Is the day breaking? comes the wish'd-for hour? Tell us the signs, and stretch abroad thy hand If the bright morning dawns upon the land.""The stars are clear above me, scarcely one Has dimm'd its rays in reverence to the sun; But yet I see, on the horizon's verge, Some fair, faint streaks, as if the light would surge."
— Charles Mackay
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