Poems (Geisse)/"Let There Be Light"

by Mary A. Geisse

"LET THERE BE LIGHT!"

"Let there be light!" it was God's first command,
He bade it search and test the hidden land;
And at its touch Earth's glory was unfurled,
The mighty forces of this wondrous world.

"Let there be light!" for light has ever stood,
As the eternal symbol of all good,
Embodying all that man shall yet attain,
The highest knowledge and the richest gain.