Adversity is the first path to truth.

“As soon seek roses in December, ice in June,Hope constancy in wind, or corn in …”

“Alas! They were so young, so beautiful, so lonely, loving, helpless, and the ho…”

“Oh could I feel as I have felt,-or be what I have been,Or weep as I could once …”

“And those who saw, it did surprise,Such drops could fall from human eyes.”