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The Light from Within
I saw on earth another light
Than that which lit my eye;
Come forth as from my soul within,
And from a higher sky.
Than that which lit my eye;
Come forth as from my soul within,
And from a higher sky.
Its beams shone still unclouded on,
When in the farthest west
The sun I once had known had sunk
Forever to his rest.
When in the farthest west
The sun I once had known had sunk
Forever to his rest.
And on I walked though dark the night
Nor rose his orb by day,
As one who by a surer guide
Was pointed out the way.
Nor rose his orb by day,
As one who by a surer guide
Was pointed out the way.
'Twas brighter far than noon-day's beam,
It shone from God within;
And lit as by a lamp from heaven
The world's dark track of sin.
It shone from God within;
And lit as by a lamp from heaven
The world's dark track of sin.
Poem No. 259; late 1839—early 1840
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