Sonnet Xxix. Light In Goshen Poem by Thomas Cogswell Upham

In ancient times, when God in anger came,
And troubled Egypt with his mighty hand,
The rayless sun withdrew his midday flame,
And clouds and darkness filled the sightless land.
But there was light in Goshen. On it lay,
On pleasant hill and vale, and flower and tree,
The moon's resplendent beam, the sunlight's ray,
The free stars, singing in their liberty.
Thus is it now. God's people walk in light,
With changeless day to cheer them and to guide;
But o'er the godless throng reigns Egypt's night,
The sun and moon and stars their radiance hide.
'Tis God, whose glorious light is never dim,
Illuminates the host, that faithful follow him.