Quote#Wisdom
Yet Saints their watch are keeping
Quote bySamuel John Stone · 1839–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Church's One Foundation", in Lyra Fidelium (1866).
English (original)
Yet Saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, ‘How long?’ And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song.
— Samuel John Stone
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