O CHRIST our Light, Whom even in darkness we (So we look up) discern and gaze upon, O Christ, Thou loveliest Light that ever shone, Thou Light of Light, Fount of all lights that be, Grant us clear vision of Thy Light to see, Tho' other lights elude us, or be gone Into the secret of oblivion, Or gleam in places higher than man's degree. Who looks on Thee looks full on his desire, Who looks on Thee looks full on Very Love: Looking, he answers well, 'What lack I yet?' His heat and cold wait not on earthly fire, His wealth is not of earth to lose or get; Earth reels, but he has stored his store above. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL FOOLS' CALENDER by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER by DAVID IGNATOW PEACE (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IN THE DAYS OF PRISMATIC COLOR by MARIANNE MOORE MODERN PARAPHRASE OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET 29 by GEORGE SANTAYANA |