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Sudden in the sky Stands the great sun! Like the first glorious breath Of Freedom to the slave, like Hope upon The hush of woe, or through the mists of death The pardoning Angel—comes to earth the Sun. Ice still on land—still vapour in the air, But Light—the victor Lord—but Light is there! On siege-worn cities, when their war is spent, From the far hill as gleam on gleam, arise The spears of some great aiding armament, Grow the dim splendours, broadening up the skies; Till, bright and brighter, the sublime array Flings o’er the world the banners of the Day!
Sudden in the sky Stands the great sun! Like the first glorious breath Of Freedom to the slave, like Hope upon The hush of woe, or through the mists of death The pardoning Angel—comes to earth the Sun. Ice still on land—still vapour in the air, But Light—the victor Lord—but Light is there! On siege-worn cities, when their war is spent, From the far hill as gleam on gleam, arise The spears of some great aiding armament, Grow the dim splendours, broadening up the skies; Till, bright and brighter, the sublime array Flings o’er the world the banners of the Day!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Sir E. Bulwer Lytton (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 166 · printed citation: Sir E. Bulwer Lytton · subject: DAY
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