Shadows to-day, while shadows show God's Will. Light were not good except He sent us light. Shadows to-day, because this day is night Whose marvels and whose mysteries fulfil Their course and deep in darkness serve Him still. Thou dim aurora, on the extremest height Of airy summits wax not over-bright; Refrain thy rose, refrain thy daffodil. Until God's Word go forth to kindle thee And garland thee and bid thee stoop to us, Blush in the heavenly choirs and glance not down: To-day we race in darkness for a crown, In darkness for beatitude to be, In darkness for the city luminous. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANGLER'S SONG by WILLIAM BASSE MISSIONARY HYMN by REGINALD HEBER PRAYER FOR A BOY WITH A KITE by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL SPEAK OF THE NORTH by CHARLOTTE BRONTE FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 3D SERIES: PRELUDE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A WORLD WITHOUT WATER by MARY ANN BROWNE THE COMPLAINT OF ANNELIDA TO FALSE ARCITE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. A SCENE IN LONDON by EDWARD CARPENTER |