Quote#Time
Night is the time to weep
Quote byJames Montgomery · 1771–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)., The Issues of Life and Death..
English (original)
Night is the time to weep, To wet with unseen tears Those graves of memory where sleep The joys of other years.
— James Montgomery
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