And falls the silence of mortality,
And all is done, we shall not be afraid,
But pass from light to light; from earth’s dull gleam
Into the very heart and heaven of our dream.
(1845)
Light in Christ—See [Christ the Light].
LIGHT IN HUMILIATION
In the neighborhood of Nice the hills are cut and seamed with remarkable gorges, among which are found deep holes known as “star wells.” They are so called because of the belief that from their bottoms stars can be seen even in daylight. These abysses have been formed by the action of water. It is, often, only when looking up out of the deeps of our own humiliation that we can see the stars of hope shining in the sky.
(1846)
LIGHT, INCREASING