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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.
Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.
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.
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 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.
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.
