<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345655" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>By and By</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was the parting very bitter?<br>Was the hand clasped very tight?<br>Is a storm of tear-drops falling<br>From a face all sad and white?<br>Think not of it, in the future,<br>Calmer, fairer days are nigh--<br>Gaze not backward, but look onward<br>For a sunny 'by and by.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was the priceless love you lavished,<br>Sought for, played with, and then slain?<br>Were its crushed and quivering remnants<br>Calmly thrown you back again?<br>Calmly, too, those remnants gather,<br>Bring them home without a sigh;<br>Sweet returns they yet shall bring you<br>In the coming 'by and by.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are the eyelids very heavy?<br>Does the tired head long for rest?<br>Are the temples hot and throbbing,<br>And the hands together pressed?<br>Hope shall lay you on her bosom,<br>Cool the poor lips parched and dry,<br>And shall whisper, 'Rest is coming--<br>Rest forever, 'by and by.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when calmed and cheered and freshened<br>By her soul-inspiring voice,<br>Then look up, the heavens are brightening--<br>Cease your wailing and rejoice.<br>Cry not for the days departed,<br>None wil hear you, none reply;<br>But look up where light is breaking<br>O'er a brighter 'by and by.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anonymous+Americas">Anonymous Americas</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345655" data-title="By and By de Anonymous Americas" data-description="Was the parting very bitter? Was the hand clasped very tight? Is a storm of tear-drops falling From a face all sad and white? Think not of it, in the future, Calmer, fairer days are nigh-- Gaze not backward, but look onward For a sunny 'by and by...."></div> </div> </div>

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