Shadows to-day, while shadows show God's Will. Light were not good except He sent us light. Shadows to-day, because this day is night Whose marvels and whose mysteries fulfil Their course and deep in darkness serve Him still. Thou dim aurora, on the extremest height Of airy summits wax not over-bright; Refrain thy rose, refrain thy daffodil. Until God's Word go forth to kindle thee And garland thee and bid thee stoop to us, Blush in the heavenly choirs and glance not down: To-day we race in darkness for a crown, In darkness for beatitude to be, In darkness for the city luminous. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ACROSS THE STREET by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 25. ENVY ACCOMPANIES LOVE by PHILIP AYRES PORTRAIT SONNETS: 2 by HENRY BELLAMANN MR. CROMEK TO MR. STOTHARD by WILLIAM BLAKE DEMON by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK THE FOUNDER OF THE FEAST by ROBERT BROWNING ANNE HATHAWAY'S GARDEN by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |