Poem May 5, 1951 ISSUE

CLIMB!

(Exodus 34)

William Aubert Luce

With morning's radiance Moses roseWhile Israel slept in dull repose;He climbed the pathway up to GodWhile Israel clung to earthly sod.On Sinai's peak he praised the dayWhile far below his comrades lay,And in the sunshine of Mind's lawHe carved on stone the truth he saw.But in the valley by the hillThe tribe of Israel slumbered still.

When bade by Mind to scale that height.Do we so clasp the shrouds of night?Do we, as Israel, dread the dayThat lights with Truth the upward way?Awake from dreams, arise, and climb!Scale now those mountain walls sublime.Not in dark valleys shall we findThe light of Love, the law of Mind,For on the highest peaks of thoughtThe tablets of God's law are wrought.

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