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“Life, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall ?
Rapidly, merrily,
Life's sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly !
What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O'er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair !”
―
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall ?
Rapidly, merrily,
Life's sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly !
What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O'er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair !”
―
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Io stesso sono acquoso come questa larga piana invasa dai miasmi. Mi sono spesso chiesto che mai sarebbe essere dentro la palude; non come colui che viene avvolto dal fango, dalle sabbie omicide, ma come chi abiti per naturale disposizione all’interno della palude, come chi sia, per quel che può un mortale quale io sono, essere palude. È come essere morti? Talora il grigiastro acquitrino mi si spalanca davanti come un grande, esauriente cimitero. Qui tutti possono essere e saranno seppelliti, questa è la sepoltura definitiva, ed esservi dentro non sarà come essere morti, ma come essere il cimitero, forse come essere quei dèmoni inferi che nessuno ha visto, ma con i quali discorriamo da sempre.”
― La palude definitiva
― La palude definitiva
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