But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale,
And love the high read more

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale,
And love the high embowed roof,
With antique pillars massy proof,
And storied windows richly dight;
Casting a dim religious light.

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.
[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.
[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

Suns may set and rise again: for us, when our brief light has set, there's the sleep of one ever read more

Suns may set and rise again: for us, when our brief light has set, there's the sleep of one ever lasting night. Give me a thousand kisses.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

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.

For I light my candle from their torches.

For I light my candle from their torches.

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.