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VII

Time, and truth his child, though terror set earth and

heaven at odds,
See the light of manhood rise on the twilight of the
Gods.
Light is here for souls to see, though the stars of faith
be dead:
All the sea that yearned and trembled receives the sun
instead.
All the shadows on the spirit when fears and dreams
were strong,
All perdition, all redemption, blind rain-stars watched so
long,
Love whose root was fear, thanksgiving that cowered
beneath the rod,
Feel the light that heals and withers: night weeps upon
her God.