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Oh darkness gone! oh dreary days!
No human face, no world, no light!
Large darkness meeting my strained gaze,
Vague darkness making sleep of sight!
And all around things wax and wane,
And change and growth come over all,
But the dull eyes see but their pall.
And in the dark life seems so still;
Days come and go but you remain
With vacant night and drowse your fill.
Oh, weariness of darkness gone,
Broken as feverish last sleeps break
Because some sunbeam on us shone
And we start up and are awake!
He was the sun that shone on me.
He looked and I could feel the light,
He spoke and once more I had sight,
I saw the hills, I saw the sky,
I saw the sunlight on the tree -
And I saw Him and did not die.
I saw Messiah's very face,
My daylight seemed to break from Him,
And I stood rooted to the place,
Trembling and cold in every limb.
And then I loved Him and was strong.
He spoke it "Faith has made thee whole."
Light in my eyes! Light in my soul!
And I can love Him, and I see!
Oh Lord, the darkness was so long.
Now I have sight - and I saw Thee!
Break into song, Oh! Zion, shout.
Christ is among us, Christ the Light.
Darkness is gone, and sin, and doubt.
Oh golden time! the blind have sight.
Light, light is on us, there is day.
From the glad earth a ringing voice
Bounds through my heart "Rejoice, rejoice,"
Behold the day-spring from on high.
Rejoice the night has passed away,
Jesus of Nazareth comes by.
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A Woman Sold
Bartimaeus
Judas
Pilate
The Walk To Emmaus
A Bride
A March Night
A Messenger
A Mother's Cry
A Wedding
Afterwards
Dead Amy
Deserted
Dreaming
Glad Waves
Going
How The Brook Sings
If
In The Storm
In The Sunshine
Looking Downstairs
Mary Lost
Never Again
Night Whispers
On The Lake
On The Shore
Our Lily
Passing Away
Perjured
Safe
Shadow
Sunlight
The Blush Rose
The Gift
The Heiress' Wooer
The Hidden Wound
The Lake
The Land Of Happy Dreams
The Old Year Out
The Red Star On The Hill
The River
The Setting Star
The Shadow Of A Cloud
To And Fro
To One Of Many
Too faithful
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