John Addington Symonds - Lux Est Umbra Dei lyrics

Nay, d**h, thou art a shadow! Even as light Is but the shadow of invisible God, And of that shade the shadow is thin Night, Veiling the earth whereon our feet have trod; So art Thou but the shadow of this life, Itself the pale and unsubstantial shade Of living God, fulfill'd by love and strife Throughout the universe Himself hath made: And as frail Night, following the flight of earth, Obscures the world we breathe in, for a while, So Thou, the reflex of our mortal birth, Veilest the life wherein we weep and smile: But when both earth and life are whirl'd away, What shade can shroud us from God's d**hess day?