Shadows + 

All things are shadows of thee, Lord; + 

The sun himself is but thy shade; + 

My spirit is the shadow of thy word, + 

A thing that thou hast said. + 

Diamonds are shadows of the sun, + 

They gleam as after him they hark: + 

My soul some arrows of thy light hath won. + 

And feebly fights the dark! + 

All knowledges are broken shades, + 

In gulfs of dark a scattered horde: + 

Together rush the parted glory-grades⁠— + 

Then, lo, thy garment, Lord! + 

My soul, the shadow, still is light + 

Because the shadow falls from thee; + 

I turn, dull candle, to the centre bright, + 

And home flit shadowy. + 

Shine, Lord; shine me thy shadow still; + 

The brighter I, the more thy shade! + 

My motion be thy lovely moveless will! + 

My darkness, light delayed! + 