“I RISE TO SEEK THE LIGHT”
I saw a little blade of grass,
Just peeping from the sod,
And asked it why it sought to pass
Beyond its parent clod!
It seemed to raise it timid head,
All sparkling, fresh, and bright,
And wondering at the question, said,
“I rise to seek the light.”
I asked the eagle why his wing
To upward flight was given,
As if he spurned each earthly thing
And knew no home but heaven!
He answered, as he fixed his gaze
Undazzled at the sight
Upon the sun’s meridian blaze
“I rise to seek the light.”
I asked my soul what means this thirst
For something yet beyond
What mean the eagerness to burst
From every earthly bond!
It answers, and I feel the glow
With fires more warm, more bright,
“All is too dull, to dark, below,
“I rise to seek the light.”
Title: I Rise To Seek The Light
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Media: Newspaper article, glued to page 7 of the Ledger of Captain W. B.
Blair
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