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BOOKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
BOOKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
“Let there be light.”
Light to the darkened mind
Bear, like the sun, the world’s wide circle round,
Bright messengers that speak without a sound!
Sight on the spirit blind
Shall fall where’er ye pass; your living ray
Shall change the night of ages into day;—
God speed ye on your way!
Bear, like the sun, the world’s wide circle round,
Bright messengers that speak without a sound!
Sight on the spirit blind
Shall fall where’er ye pass; your living ray
Shall change the night of ages into day;—
God speed ye on your way!
In closet and in hall,
Too long alone your message hath been spoken:
The spell of gold that bound ye there is broken;
Go forth and shine on all;
The world’s inheritance, the legacy
Bequeathed by Genius to the race are ye;
Be like the sunlight, free!
Too long alone your message hath been spoken:
The spell of gold that bound ye there is broken;
Go forth and shine on all;
The world’s inheritance, the legacy
Bequeathed by Genius to the race are ye;
Be like the sunlight, free!
A mighty power ye wield!
Ye wake grim centuries from their deep repose,
And bid their hoarded treasuries unclose,
The spoils of time to yield.
Ye wake grim centuries from their deep repose,
And bid their hoarded treasuries unclose,
The spoils of time to yield.
