For I light my candle from their torches.

For I light my candle from their torches.

Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
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Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
Was light from Heaven.

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

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

The prayer of Ajax was for light;
Through all that dark and desperate fight,
The blackness of read more

The prayer of Ajax was for light;
Through all that dark and desperate fight,
The blackness of that noonday night.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

A light is still a light-even though the blind man cannot see it.

A light is still a light-even though the blind man cannot see it.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Light is the symbol of truth.

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale,
And love the high read more

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale,
And love the high embowed roof,
With antique pillars massy proof,
And storied windows richly dight;
Casting a dim religious light.