Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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ON THE SAME.
[Thy path, thy purpose, are as noonday clear]
Thy path, thy purpose, are as noonday clear;
Pause not nor falter on thy radiant way,
But work with strenuous ardour day by day.
Thy task shall be one triumph!—task how dear—
How great—how glorious!—e'en to make appear,
In heightened Majesty's august array,
The Eternal Power Supreme! Go not astray
From thy proud course, but dauntless onwards steer!—
Pause not nor falter on thy radiant way,
But work with strenuous ardour day by day.
Thy task shall be one triumph!—task how dear—
How great—how glorious!—e'en to make appear,
In heightened Majesty's august array,
The Eternal Power Supreme! Go not astray
From thy proud course, but dauntless onwards steer!—
“Let there be Light,” pronounced the Almighty Sire,
And Light in Glory's full-blown pride was made!
But He in mystery bright willed to retire!—
Creator! deign'st thou part that dazzling shade—
Deigns't thou the creature's trembling voice inspire?—
He saith—“Lo! Light of Light!”—and thou shin'st forth displayed!
And Light in Glory's full-blown pride was made!
But He in mystery bright willed to retire!—
Creator! deign'st thou part that dazzling shade—
Deigns't thou the creature's trembling voice inspire?—
He saith—“Lo! Light of Light!”—and thou shin'st forth displayed!
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