<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=402520" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From The Philosopher’s Stone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now she heard the following words sadly sung,— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Life is a shadow that flits away <br>In a night of darkness and woe.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But then would follow brighter thoughts: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Life has the rose’s sweet perfume <br>With sunshine, light, and joy.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if one stanza sounded painfully— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Each mortal thinks of himself alone, <br>Is a truth, alas, too clearly known;” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, on the other hand, came the answer— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Love, like a mighty flowing stream, <br>Fills every heart with its radiant gleam.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She heard, indeed, such words as these— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“In the pretty turmoil here below, <br>All is a vain and paltry show.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then came also words of comfort— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Great and good are the actions done <br>By many whose worth is never known.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if sometimes the mocking strain reached her— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Why not join in the jesting cry <br>That contemns all gifts from the throne on high?” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the blind girl’s heart a stronger voice repeated— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“To trust in thyself and God is best, <br>In His holy will forever to rest.” </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the evil spirit could not see this and remain contented.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Hans+Christian+Andersen">Hans Christian Andersen</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=402520" data-title="From The Philosopher’s Stone de Hans Christian Andersen" data-description="Now she heard the following words sadly sung,— “Life is a shadow that flits away In a night of darkness and woe.” But then would follow brighter thoughts: “Life has the rose’s sweet perfume With sunshine, light, and joy.” And..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black