Quote#Wisdom
And in the evening, everywhere
Quote byFrank Dempster Sherman · 1860–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Golden-Rod", st. 2, in The Independent, vol. 42, no. 2,181 (September 18, 1890) p. 28. Also in Poems (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1917) p. 148.
English (original)
And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-lamps in the town.
— Frank Dempster Sherman
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