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I wanted words whose joyous tones could spell the wondrous, saving truth I wished to tell, majestic words that like the ocean's song forever softening harsher sounds are strong and beautiful. In earth and sky and sea I tested symbols, tasted imagery.

O rising star, thy penetrating beam Has pierced the dark of error's long, long night And roused mankind forever from his dream To walk the way illumined by thy light, Light which reveals creation's primal glory And man, God's own beloved child, Untouched by error's misty, shadowed story, Perfect, pure, complete, and undefiled!

One is the Mind which regulates the cosmos, Which holds the galaxies upon their way, Which, in exquisite form immaculate, Unfolds the tiny blossom at my feet. There is no other mind, perverse and peevish.

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My private wilderness—how grim, how drear, How hopeless! Surely Moses never trod One so forsaken, so apart from God. And his was so far off, and this one here.

Through corridors of timeless Life Resounds a melody. It is a golden-throated note Sustained eternally! It penetrates earth's sepulchers, Besieging their beliefs.

Dear Father, for Thy love and constant care My overflowing heart sends forth this prayer. Oh, may I speak Thy truth courageously Where ignorant and bound need to be free.

It was not sympathy or worldly wealth That came to him who sat beside the gate; But those who knew the nature of the Christ Revealed to him his sonship, pure and free. He leaped and stood.

Father, the night seemed lonely in the valley, As clouds of doubt seemed to obscure the way; But with the morning came Thy angel message: "Thou art in Love's safe keeping, watch and pray. " Thy gentleness encompasses my being.

Man is no captive in a foreign world Of death and dark deception—wingless child Adrift on chartless winds, forever hurled From night to night. He is no slave defiled By sin and serfdom, clutching to his breast The piteous fragments of his dignity.