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.

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.

Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power
Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon
It works, on e'er read more

Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power
Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon
It works, on e'er self-transmutative form,
Common to now the living, now the dead.

Light (God's eldest daughter!)

Light (God's eldest daughter!)

For I light my candle from their torches.

For I light my candle from their torches.

He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
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He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts
Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
Himself his own dungeon.

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

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

Blasted with excess of light.

Blasted with excess of light.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have read more

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.