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The Light Of Freedom Necessary To National Progress
When sets the sun, the traveller waits for light,Ere he his dangerous journey shall renew;
Vain in the forest dark his sharpest sight,
Where moon and stars alike are hid from view.
The sun returns; again he onward goes,
Its light reveals all objects to his eyes;
He fears no danger now, nor lurking foes,
His path all plain and bright before him lies.
Frail Freedom's sun for us has hid its beams,
The moon and stars have e'en their light withdrawn;
Then let us wait, till once again it gleams
Upon the mountain tops, and its bright dawn
Shall the dark valleys fill with cheerful day;
Then like the traveller safe pursue our way.
Poem No. 792; September 1862
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