English poem
Epigrams, CCXXV (Seek not for happiness—’tis known)
by Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
Seek not for happiness—’tis known To hope and memory alone; At dawn—how bright the noon will be! At eve—how fair it glowed, ah, me!
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