"Uncurtain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... spoke—He spoke! Was it of that majestic world unknown? Those words which first the bier's dread silence broke— Came they with revelation in each tone? Were the far cities of the nations gone, The solemn halls of consciousness or sleep, For man uncurtain'd by that spirit lone, Back from the portal summon'd o'er the deep? Be hush'd, my soul! the veil of darkness lay Still drawn; therefore thy Lord called back the voice departed, To spread His truth, to comfort the weak-hearted; Not to reveal ...
— Memories of Bethany • John Ross Macduff |
