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Text: | The Dayspring From on High |
Author: | Gaskell |
Darkness o’er the world was brooding
Sadder than Egyptian gloom;
Souls by myriads lay in slumber
Deep as of the sealed tomb.
Earth had lost the links which bound it
To the throne of light above;
Yet an eye was watching o’er it,
And that eye was full of love.
Like a glorious beam of morning,
Straight a ray pierced through the cloud,
Spirits mightily awakening
From their dark and heavy shroud.
Still that ray shines on and brightens,
Chasing mist and gloom away;
Happy they on whom it gathers
With its full and perfect day!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Darkness o'er the world was brooding |
Title: | The Dayspring From on High |
Author: | Gaskell |
Meter: | 7s. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1866 |