Once when my soul was newly shriven, When perfect peace to me was given, Pervading all in all with currents bright, I saw shine forth a mighty Light; And myriad lesser lights to this were joined, Each light with every other light entwined; And as they shone a sound assailed my ears, Alike the mighty music of the spheres. The greater light was Love and Peace and Law, And it had power toward it the rest to draw; It was the Soul of souls, the greatest One, The Life of lives, of suns the Sun. And floating through it all, my soul could see The Christ-light, shining for humanity; And silently I heard soft murmurs fall, "Look up, earth child; the light is all." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO BEAUTY by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A HOUSE by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE THE WINDS OF FATE by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF 27 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SONNET: AT STRATFORD-UPON-AVON by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ROAD MENDERS by LAURENCE BINYON |