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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECHOES: 11, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Thick is the darkness
Last Line: Rest is before us.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Thick is the darkness
Last Line: Rest is before us.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Time
Thick is the darkness --
Sunward, O, sunward!
Rough is the highway --
Onward, still onward!
Dawn harbours surely
East of the shadows.
Facing us somewhere
Spread the sweet meadows.
Upward and forward!
Time will restore us:
Light is above us,
Rest is before us.
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