“Rejoice, oh! grieving heart,
The hours fly past;
With each some sorrow dies,
With each some shadow flies,
Until at last
The red dawn in the east
Bids weary night depart,
And pain is past.”

—  Adelaide Anne Procter

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 309.

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English poet and songwriter 1825–1864

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