Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief
On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair
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Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief
On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair
It has mantled a world.

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how read more

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

Even a small star shines in the darkness.

Even a small star shines in the darkness.

Dark as pitch.

Dark as pitch.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking.

Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking.