REFLECTIONS vii

It moves in

Inexorable dignity,

A strong runner

Who delights to run

From dawn to dusk.

It has the aura,

The rights,

Of a bridegroom.

Nothing escapes

The munificence

Of the splendour of its shining.

REFLECTIONS vi

There are recesses,

Crannies, shades

Within.

Outwith there are

Shadows, mists, wynds,

Recesses.

Thy word is a lamp.

REFLECTIONS v

Ye were once darkness,

But now

Light in the Lord.

Ye are not in darkness,

For all ye

Are sons of light and sons of day.

Ye appear

As lights in the world.

Ye are the light of the world.

REFLECTIONS iv

We will not see it,

Will not need it

Nor wish it

When night has gone.

But now it cheers

Sight and soul and heart

Till day arises.

When dark darkens,

If clouds cloud,

Lift yourself to admire

The Morning Star.

REFLECTIONS iii

All earthly life depends

On light

Fusing, infusing, suffusing.

All earthly life depends

On warmth

Mothering.

All earthly life depends

On order

Informing, forming, conforming.

Light warmth and order

Centre in,

And emanate from,

One Sun.

REFLECTIONS ii

Let there be light,

God said,

And from that light

Genesis could begin.

Distinctions could be distinguished:

Day and night;

Earth and heaven;

Earth and sea;

Earth and plant.

Yet before animal

Could be animated, or man

Could be man

The particularity of the great light,

Manifested lordship,

Must be revealed.