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...GETTING A WORD IN by JAMES GALVIN LET ME NOT HATE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MARRIAGE (1) by TIMOTHY LIU SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. LEMUEL WILEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE |