With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

There swift return
Diurnal, merely to officiate light
Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

There swift return
Diurnal, merely to officiate light
Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

And God said: Let there be light: and there was light.

And God said: Let there be light: and there was light.

Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.

Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.

And this I know; whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
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And this I know; whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One flash of it within the Tavern caught
Better than in the temple lost outright.

Against the darkness outer
God's light his likeness takes,
And he from the mighty doubter
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Against the darkness outer
God's light his likeness takes,
And he from the mighty doubter
The great believer makes.

Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn!
Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,
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Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn!
Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,
May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light
And never but in unapproached light
Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,
Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

He was a burning and shining light: and ye were willing for a
season to rejoice in his light.

He was a burning and shining light: and ye were willing for a
season to rejoice in his light.