SUNRISE NEVER FAILED US YET by Celia Thaxter

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 4, 1877

“SUNRISE NEVER FAILED US YET.”

By Celia Thaxter

Upon the sadness of the sea The sunset broods regretfully; From the far, lonely spaces, slow Withdraws the wistful afterglow.

So out of life the splendor dies; So darken all the happy skies; So gathers twilight, cold and stern; But overhead the planets burn.

And up the east another day Shall chase the bitter dark away; What though our eyes with tears be wet? The sunrise never failed us yet.

The blush of dawn may yet restore Our light and hope and joys once more. Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget That sunrise never failed us yet.

— Celia Thaxter.