Whence bright hope may be taken,

From thee they came, from thee they came.[2]


SONNET.—LIGHT.

BY WM. ALEXANDER.

Where is thy dwelling place, all-pleasing Light?

Around Jehovah's everlasting throne,

Where, inaccessible, He sits alone,

'Mid joy supreme, ineffable delight.

Thy radiant face makes all wide Nature glad;