THE ILLUMINED GOAL
SLOWLY rose the dædal EarthThrough the purple-hued abysm,Glowing like a gorgeous prism,Heaven exulting o'er its birth.Still the mighty wonder cameThrough the jasper-colored sphere,Ether-winged, and crystal-clear,Trembling to the loud acclaim.In a haze of golden rainUp the heavens rolled the sun,Danäe-like the earth was won,Else his love and light were vain.So the heart and soul of manOwn the light and love of heaven;Nothing yet in vain was given,Nature's is a perfect plan.
SLOWLY rose the dædal EarthThrough the purple-hued abysm,Glowing like a gorgeous prism,Heaven exulting o'er its birth.Still the mighty wonder cameThrough the jasper-colored sphere,Ether-winged, and crystal-clear,Trembling to the loud acclaim.In a haze of golden rainUp the heavens rolled the sun,Danäe-like the earth was won,Else his love and light were vain.So the heart and soul of manOwn the light and love of heaven;Nothing yet in vain was given,Nature's is a perfect plan.
SLOWLY rose the dædal EarthThrough the purple-hued abysm,Glowing like a gorgeous prism,Heaven exulting o'er its birth.
SLOWLY rose the dædal Earth
Through the purple-hued abysm,
Glowing like a gorgeous prism,
Heaven exulting o'er its birth.
Still the mighty wonder cameThrough the jasper-colored sphere,Ether-winged, and crystal-clear,Trembling to the loud acclaim.
Still the mighty wonder came
Through the jasper-colored sphere,
Ether-winged, and crystal-clear,
Trembling to the loud acclaim.
In a haze of golden rainUp the heavens rolled the sun,Danäe-like the earth was won,Else his love and light were vain.
In a haze of golden rain
Up the heavens rolled the sun,
Danäe-like the earth was won,
Else his love and light were vain.
So the heart and soul of manOwn the light and love of heaven;Nothing yet in vain was given,Nature's is a perfect plan.
So the heart and soul of man
Own the light and love of heaven;
Nothing yet in vain was given,
Nature's is a perfect plan.