526. L. M. Newton.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Lightning in the Night.
1A glance from heaven, with sweet effect,
Sometimes my pensive spirit cheers:
But ere I can my thoughts collect,
As suddenly it disappears.
2So lightning in the gloom of night
Affords a momentary day;
Disclosing objects full in sight,
Which, soon as seen, are snatched away.
3The lightning's flash did not create
The opening prospect it revealed;
But only showed the real state
Of what the darkness had concealed.
4Just so, we by a glimpse discern
The glorious things within the veil;
That, when in darkness, we may learn
To live by faith, till light prevail.