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.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

For I light my candle from their torches.

For I light my candle from their torches.

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.

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.
[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.
[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

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.

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.

Blasted with excess of light.

Blasted with excess of light.

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.