“Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.” WorldFirstsStillsPastDiesStrongFateWorstVictimLeavingDeedsCurseHopelessPrime Book:Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott Source: Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott
“If dying, I yet live in a tender heart or two; nor am I lost and hopeless living, if a sainted departed soul still loves and prays for me.” IfsLoveHeartStillsTwoSoulLostDyingPrayingHopelessDepartedPray For MeTender HeartsDeparted Soul Book:Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower Source: Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower
“Everything we're singing about is true, and even when you take away all the glitz, it's still true in the darkest, ugliest and most hopeless places.” StillsSingingHopelessGlitz Author:Steven Curtis Chapman