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.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

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.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.

Blasted with excess of light.

Blasted with excess of light.

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale,
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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.

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!