Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night.
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It is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence.
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No one is so accursed by fate, No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!