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A Few More Verses

Chapter 98: LUX IN TENEBRIS.

By Susan Coolidge

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A collection of short lyrical poems that range from contemplative religious meditations and scriptural-themed pieces to domestic and natural scenes addressing love, consolation, loss, and moral reflection. The verse mixes brief lyrics, sonnets, and occasional poems, using clear imagery of sea, dawn, and everyday life to examine faith, hope, patience, and small acts of kindness. Tone moves between consoling, meditative, and gently optimistic, favoring reflective insight and moral consolation over narrative progression.

LUX IN TENEBRIS.

DARK falls the night, withheld the day,

Weary we fare perplexed and chill,

Led by one little guiding ray

Shining from centuries far away,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

The torch of glory pales and wanes,

The lamp of love must know decease,

But still o’er far Judæan plains

The quenchless star-beam lives and reigns,—

Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

And clear to-day as long ago

The angel-chorus echoes still,

Above the clamor and the throe

Of human passion, human woe,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

Through eighteen hundred stormy years

The dear notes ring, and will not cease;

And past all mists of mortal tears

The guiding star rebukes our fears,—

Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

Shine, blessed star, the night is black,

Shine, and the heavens with radiance fill,

While on thy slender, guiding track

The angel voices echo back,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.