Poems (Henley)/Thick is the darkness

XI To W. R.
Thick is the darkness—Sunward, O, sunward!Rough is the highway—Onward, still onward1
Dawn harbours surelyEast of the shadows.Facing us somewhereSpread the sweet meadows.
Upward and forward!Time will restore us:Light is above us,Rest is before us.
1876