#Though my soul may set in darkness how to
Most of that stuff proved to be sorely unneeded, as I then had to find a place for it all in my narrow half of the dorm room! Little did I know that, rather than dorm furnishings, I most needed guidance on how to be light in the darkness.
#Though my soul may set in darkness full
God will mercifully guide me on my way amongst the stars.I still remember stuffing my little red car as full as is humanly possible, preparing for my freshman year at a university two states away. It is strange the pearly planet should look red as fiery Mars,. I must say Good-bye, my pupil, for I cannot longer speak ĭraw the curtain back for Venus, ere my vision grows too weak: See, my boy, that nothing turn you to the mere pursuit of fame. So be careful and be faithful, though, like me, you leave no name I have sown, like Tycho Brahe, that a greater man may reap īut if none should do my reaping, 'twill disturb me in my sleep Not to-day nor yet to-morrow can complete a perfect age. To be sure that your deductions will be logical and true Īnd remember, 'Patience, Patience,' is the watchword of a sage, There are certain calculations I should like to make with you, To the service of our science: you will further it? you will! I 'have never failed in kindness'? No, we lived too high for strife,-Ĭalmest coldness was the error which has crept into our life īut your spirit is untainted, I can dedicate you still Might have cherished you more wisely, as the one I leave behind. I can dimly comprehend it, - that I might have been more kind, There has been a something wanting in my nature until now Well then, kiss me, - since my mother left her blessing on my brow, You 'have none but me,' you murmur, and I 'leave you quite alone'? I leave none but you, my pupil, unto whom my plans are known. You will need them, mine observer, yet for many another night. What, my boy, you are not weeping? You should save your eyes for sight I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,īut they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate. What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles. What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and smiles You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn, Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,Īnd remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,Īnd the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.īut, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn, Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete, We are working to completion, working on from then to now. He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, I would know him when we meet, Her posthumously published second poetry collection and novel appeared under her given name. She published short works and one collection of poetry during her lifetime under the pseudonyms Sadie and S.A.D.I., the former of which she considered her name rather than a nom de plume. Sarah Williams (1837–1868) was an English poet, probably best known as the author of the poem " The Old Astronomer", also known as " The Old Astronomer to His Pupil", that begins " Reach me down my Tycho Brahe." and contains the famous line " I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."Ī segment of her poem is used in the introduction to Ian Rankin's novel Set in Darkness. There is more than one author with this name She published short works and one collection of poetry during her lifetime under the pseudonyms Sadie and S.A.D.I., the former of which she considered her name ra Sarah^^^Williams (3 spaces) Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. Sarah^^^Williams (3 spaces) There is more than one author with this name Sarah Williams (1837–1868) was an English poet, probably best known as the author of the poem " The Old Astronomer", also known as " The Old Astronomer to His Pupil", that begins " Reach me down my Tycho Brahe." and contains the famous line " I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." A segment of her poem is used in the introduction to Ian Rankin's novel Set in Darkness.
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