“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) Chinese poet
"A Generation" [Yidai ren]
“Born for success he seemed,
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that took all eyes.”
In Memoriam
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that took all eyes." by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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