By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="TRANSITION" id="TRANSITION">TRANSITION</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the blindness and the night<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into clear and constant light.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the weariness and pain<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into everlasting gain.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the toil and durance hard<br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</SPAN></span> <span class="i0">Into rest and rich reward.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the doubting and distress<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into certain blessedness.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the dusty lanes of care<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into pastures green and fair.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the glaring desert sun<br/></span> <span class="i0">To shades where cooling waters run.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the din of woe and wrong<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into choral waves of song<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Out of the dwelling, worn and old,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Into the city of pearl and gold.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Where now, O Death, where is thy sting?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thou art the summons to the King.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O Grave, where is thy victory?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thou art the gateway to the free!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />