Grief Quote by Anne Steele

“And I am weary of the anguish Increasing winters bear; Weary to watch the spirit languish Through years of dead despair. So, if a…

— Emily Brontë

Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.

— Thomas a Kempis

“You and I cannot really expect to glide through life . . . naively petitioning, 'Lord, give me experience but not grief, a deeper…

— Neal maxwell

“I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another.”

— Aeschylus

“But, oh, when gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call thee mine; The springs of comfort seem to fail, And all my hopes decline.…

— Anne Steele

“(N.B. I think this is from a hymn.) O joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace…

— Pamela Porter

“Thou whose injustice hath supplied the cause That makes me quit the weary life I loathe, As by this wounded bosom thou canst see…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“There is a blessèd home, Beyond this land of woe, Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow; Where faith is lost in…

— Henry W. Baker

“Doubt swells and surges, with swelling doubt behind! My soul in storm is but a tattered sail, Streaming its ribbons on the torrent gale;…

— George MacDonald

“Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom But thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot…

— William Wordsworth

“My heart, which was before sorrowful, now swelled with something like joy; I exclaimed, "Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander, and do not rest…

— Mary Shelley

I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me.

— Ibn Ata Allah