“As yonder tower outstretches to the earth
The dark triangle of its shade alone
When the clear day is shining on its top;
So, darkness in the pathway of man's life
Is but the shadow of God's providence,
By the great Sun of wisdom cast thereon;
And what is dark below is light in heaven.”

—  John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 282

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