John Greenleaf Whittier,
The Vision of Echard
“ Not in the scroll's dead letter the eternal secret hides."The eye shall fail that searches For me the hollow sky; The far is even as the near, The low is as the high."What if the earth is hiding Her old faiths, long outworn? ”
John Greenleaf Whittier,
The Vision of Echard
“ Are in each human soul, The still, small voice of blessing, And Sinai's thunder-roll."The stern behest of duty, The doom-book open thrown, The heaven ye seek, the hell ye fear, Are with yourselves alone." ”
John Greenleaf Whittier,
The Vision of Echard
“ Or eat your holy bread?"Of rank and name and honors Am I vain as ye are vain? What can Eternal Fullness From your lip-service gain?"Ye make me not your debtor Who serve yourselves alone; Ye boast to me of homage Whose gain is all your own. ”
