09.08.2014, 14:03
CECIL RHODES
SEER of visions that our feeble sight
Failed to appraise, or only faintly saw !
Dim shadowy shapes upon an alien shore
They rose for us that had so little light
We could not pierce the mists that seemed to draw
Closer about them while we gazed, and made
Their substance melt like shadows into shade
When twilight slowly deepens into night.
But now the darkness lifts, and we behold
As from a peak on which the sunlight blooms,
Each separate form's incorporate majesty,
Clear as those rocks that dare the highest cold.
Based and secure above the passing glooms,
They stand for eyes that were too blind to see.
SEER of visions that our feeble sight
Failed to appraise, or only faintly saw !
Dim shadowy shapes upon an alien shore
They rose for us that had so little light
We could not pierce the mists that seemed to draw
Closer about them while we gazed, and made
Their substance melt like shadows into shade
When twilight slowly deepens into night.
But now the darkness lifts, and we behold
As from a peak on which the sunlight blooms,
Each separate form's incorporate majesty,
Clear as those rocks that dare the highest cold.
Based and secure above the passing glooms,
They stand for eyes that were too blind to see.