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THE SUNLIGHT by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD

First Line: THE SUNLIGHT, THE SUNLIGHT, / IT COMETH APACE!
Last Line: OF HEAVENLY LIGHT.
Subject(s): DAY; LIGHT; SUN; WAKING;

THE Sunlight, the Sunlight,
It cometh apace!
It breaks through the dun light
Of night-shadowed space!
It comes with a glimmer,
A sparkle and shimmer.
The moon showeth dimmer,
The planets give place!

It bendeth, it rendeth
Night's prisoning bars!
Exultant out-sendeth
Its voiceless hurrahs!
O'er bulwarks and bowers
It scatters bright showers,
Like luminous flowers
Grown out of the stars.

O souls that lie sleeping
In doubt and in n ght,
Wake, wake from your weeping!
Day comes, in despite
Of cavil or grieving.
Man's best of believing,
Is but the receiving
Of Heavenly Light.



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