Careful Words

brighten (v.)

Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced

That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,—

That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour

Serves but to brighten all our future days.

John Brown (1715-1766): Barbarossa. Act v. Sc. 3.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight!

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 602.