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First Line: To you, the dead and gone, bright-eyed desires
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Immortality; Uriel


Uriel, Uriel, thou art light,
A portion of the depths of heaven's immensity;
A veil is on thy sight,
A mortal veil, and yet thy mind is free.
Thou dost the veils that wrap the hidden soul,
Piercing through them, unto the spirit's goal,
Seek wisdom, knowledge, and the harmony
Of all the things that make creation's melody.
Thou art a thought of the eternal mind,
A bright intelligence, that leaves the veil behind,
That veils the immortal spirit, and the strife
Between the mortal and the heavenly life.
Thou hast seen the glories of the sun,
And heard the music of the stars that run
Their mighty courses in the depths of space,
And seen the planets in their orbits race.
Thou hast beheld the mysteries of the night,
The meteor's fiery train, the northern light,
The comet with its streaming hair of gold,
And all the marvels that the heavens unfold.
Thou hast looked into the depths of human thought,
And seen the struggles that the soul hath wrought,
The dark abysses of the heart revealed,
And all the secrets that the breast concealed.
Uriel, Uriel, thou art light,
A portion of the depths of heaven's immensity;
A veil is on thy sight,
A mortal veil, and yet thy mind is free.
Thou art the searcher of the hidden things,
The prophet of the soul, that soars on wings
Above the clouds of sense, and finds its rest
In the pure regions of the infinite and blest.
Thou hast heard the whisper of the spirit's voice,
That bids the troubled heart in peace rejoice,
That guides the soul along the narrow way
That leads to heaven, and everlasting day.
Uriel, Uriel, thou art light,
A portion of the depths of heaven's immensity;
A veil is on thy sight,
A mortal veil, and yet thy mind is free.
Thou art the friend of all that seek the truth,
The guardian of the young, the guide of youth,
The helper of the weak, the poor, the sad,
The comforter of all that are distressed or mad.
Thou art the light that shineth in the night,
The star that leads the wanderer to the right,
The voice that speaks to us from heaven above,
The messenger of peace, of truth, of love.
Uriel, Uriel, thou art light,
A portion of the depths of heaven's immensity;
A veil is on thy sight,
A mortal veil, and yet thy mind is free.






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