Faith — IV
All Unbelief is Midnight, but Faith the Night-Lamp’s glow;
Then see that no Thief cometh to steal thy Lamp when low.
Our Hope is for the Sunlight, from which the Lamp did shine;
The Light from which it kindled, still feeds its flame below.
But when the Sun hath risen, both Night and Lamp go out;
And Unbelief and Faith then, the higher Vision know.
O Night! Why art thou dreaming? O Lamp! Why flickerest so?
The swift Sun-horses panting, from East their fire-foam throw.
’Tis Night still in the shadow; the village Lamp burns dim;
But in Dawn’s Splendour towering, the Peaks Heaven’s Glory show.