From: The Dial, Vol. I, No. III (Jan. 1841)
Author:
Published: Weeks Jordan and Company 1841 Boston
The word unto the nations came
And shone o’er many a darkened spot;
The pure white lustre of its flame
The darkness comprehended not;
Till broken into colored light,
Within the prism of the mind,
It traced upon the murky night
A rainbow arch with hues defined.
And where the narrowed sunbeams turned
To colors all distinct, yet blended,
The soul of man within him burned,―
The darkness dimly comprehended.
When shall the pure ethereal fire
Glow with a white interior heat?
When shall the Truth of God inspire
The shaping mind with light complete?
Never,—until a second youth
Renews the earth ; then may we see
The primal Light,―the uncolored Truth,
And gather life eternally.
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