Yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible.

Yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible.

Dark as pitch.

Dark as pitch.

Even a small star shines in the darkness.

Even a small star shines in the darkness.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

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.

The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;
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The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;
The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,
And the clouds perish'd; darkness had no need
Of aid from them--she was the Universe.