INFINITE BECKONING.
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III.
It is thus through all ages man's nature has yearned
Toward the Infinite watch-fires that over him burned;
Their warmth creeps within him and tells of his night,
And a knowledge of darkness makes needful the light;
He kindles no torch if he's learned to be wise,
Since light meeting light, can but dazzle his eyes;
But he gropes in his waiting and aching to know,
Till the flicker of shadows leads out to the glow.
Toward the Infinite watch-fires that over him burned;
Their warmth creeps within him and tells of his night,
And a knowledge of darkness makes needful the light;
He kindles no torch if he's learned to be wise,
Since light meeting light, can but dazzle his eyes;
But he gropes in his waiting and aching to know,
Till the flicker of shadows leads out to the glow.
