“ Weakness is wretchedness! To be strong Is to be happy! ”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend (1851). copy citation
| Author | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
|---|---|
| Source | The Golden Legend |
| Topic | weakness wretchedness |
| Date | 1851 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10490/10490-h/10490-h.htm |
Context
“For evermore before mine eyes
This ghastly phantom flits and flies,
And as a madman through a crowd,
With frantic gestures and wild cries,
It hurries onward, and aloud
Repeats its awful prophecies!
Weakness is wretchedness! To be strong
Is to be happy! I am weak,
And cannot find the good I seek,
Because I feel and fear the wrong!
Lucifer. Be not alarmed! The Church is kind--
And in her mercy and her meekness
She meets half-way her children's weakness,”
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