Reveals such triumph, pure and mild;
No leader nobler zeal portray,
To lighten the mind of a captive child.
And darkness gross and many a blight
Leave other children far astray;
And they call loud for some brave knight
To lift a soul to Heaven’s day.
Then who the priceless pearl will pay,
To lift a soul so dark and wild,
From the deepest pit, as a piece of clay—