What though the radiance which was once so bright

Be now for ever taken from my sight,

Though nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind...

In the soothing thoughts that spring

Out of human suffering...

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

Poems by William Wordsworth (United Kingdom 1770~1850)