To Walt Whitman:
With Christmas Greetings, 1889.
"I travel on not knowing,
I would not if I might;
I would rather walk with God in the dark,
Than go alone in the light;
I would rather walk with him by faith
Than pick my way by sight."
"After the dazzle of day is gone,
Only the dark, dark night shows to my eyes the stars;
After the clangor of organ majestic, or chorus, or perfect band,
Silent, athwart my soul, moves the symphony true"
Thomas Hutchinson
Pegswood
Morpeth
ENGLAND.