"Thou great Creator! Pardon us who reach For other heaven beyond this world of thine, This matchless world, where thy least touch doth teach Thy solemn lessons clearly, line on line. And help us to be grateful, we who live Such sordid, fretful lives of discontent, Nor see the sunshine nor the flower, nor strive To find the love thy bitter chastening meant."
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Short story writers from the United States19th-century poets from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesPeople from New Hampshire
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"Before Sunrise", in Poems (1872)
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Celia Thaxter
Celia Laighton Thaxter (June 29 1835 – August 25 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories.
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