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First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part
Last Line: Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
Variant Title(s): The Light Of Faith;sonnet: 3
Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Soldiers; Belief; Creed; Theology


O World, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
And on the inward vision close the eyes,
But it is wisdom to believe the heart.
Columbus found a world, and had no chart,
Save one that faith deciphered in the skies;
To trust the soul's invincible surmise
Was all his science and his only art.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
That lights the pathway but one step ahead
Across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine
By which alone the mortal heart is led
Unto the thinking of the thought divine.






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