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A light is still a light-even though the blind man cannot see it.
A light is still a light-even though the blind man cannot see it.
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, read more
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest
Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn!
Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,
May I express thee read more
Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn!
Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,
May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light
And never but in unapproached light
Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,
Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
And this I know; whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
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And this I know; whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One flash of it within the Tavern caught
Better than in the temple lost outright.
Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
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Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
Was light from Heaven.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
There swift return
Diurnal, merely to officiate light
Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.
There swift return
Diurnal, merely to officiate light
Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.