<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420447" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>At Eventide</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poor and inadequate the shadow-play<br>Of gain and loss, of waking and of dream,<br>Against life's solemn background needs must seem<br>At this late hour. Yet, not unthankfully,<br>I call to mind the fountains by the way,<br>The breath of flowers, the bird-song on the spray,<br>Dear friends, sweet human loves, the joy of giving<br>And of receiving, the great boon of living<br>In grand historic years when Liberty<br>Had need of word and work, quick sympathies<br>For all who fail and suffer, song's relief,<br>Nature's uncloying loveliness; and chief,<br>The kind restraining hand of Providence,<br>The inward witness, the assuring sense<br>Of an Eternal Good which overlies<br>The sorrow of the world, Love which outlives<br>All sin and wrong, Compassion which forgives<br>To the uttermost, and Justice whose clear eyes<br>Through lapse and failure look to the intent,<br>And judge our frailty by the life we meant.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Greenleaf+Whittier">John Greenleaf Whittier</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=420447" data-title="At Eventide de John Greenleaf Whittier" data-description="Poor and inadequate the shadow-play Of gain and loss, of waking and of dream, Against life's solemn background needs must seem At this late hour. Yet, not unthankfully, I call to mind the fountains by the way, The breath of flowers, the bird-song ..."></div> </div> </div>

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