down a green valley where spring waters flow
across the broad swamp where few ever go
I wandered till sundown in search of the truth
that hides in dark places and forever aloof
I searched in the hills and deep in the marsh
in fugitive lands where the lost path is harsh
and I found the secret the black water knew
concealed in the shade of a faraway slough
this is the journey that every man takes
from brightest sunshine to still water brakes
there in that lonely and desolate place
I whispered a prayer for the whole human race
deliver us all from the frightful regret
of sundown and dark lands we cannot forget
I can not catch the two last verses, the most important.
When we travel looking for truth and go from the light into the dark it seems appropriate to pray for mankind. We may regret our journey in that it leads us to the darker truths about our selves and about the world. We may wish deliverance from the darker side of truth but we know once we have seen it we cannot forget. Think about man's inhumanity to man. I think we would all like deliverance to a much more perfect world and indeed a much more perfect self
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When we travel looking for truth and go from the light into the dark it seems appropriate to pray for mankind. We may regret our journey in that it leads us to the darker truths about our selves and about the world. We may wish deliverance from the darker side of truth but we know once we have seen it we cannot forget. Think about man's inhumanity to man. I think we would all like deliverance to a much more perfect world and indeed a much more perfect self.