English Poetry. John Vance Cheney. Tears. Джон Ванс Чини.

John Vance Cheney (Джон Ванс Чини)

Tears

Not in the time of pleasure
Hope doth set her bow;
But in the sky of sorrow,
Over the vale of woe.

Through gloom and shadow look we
On beyond the years!
The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.

John Vance Cheney’s other poems:

1. Somewhere
2. Look up
3. Coyote
4. Wherever a Green Blade Looks up
5. Great Is To-Day

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг) Tears (“THANK God, bless God, all ye who suffer not”)

Lizette Reese (Лайзетт Риз) Tears (“WHEN I consider Life and its few years”)

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