| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | Truth | | By G. |
| | | TRUTH, like the diamond, is a fount of light, | |
| Beaming effulgent in the darkest night; | |
| Error its ebon form may intervene, | |
| But still it beams as brightly, though unseen; | |
| And though thus hid till centuries have past, | 5 |
| The steady fire shall slay the foe at last. | |
| Dark clouds may sometimes veil its radiant form, | |
| And lightning rend it;—but, amid the storm, | |
| The gem is undefiled, and its pure ray | |
| Brighter shall shine, like sunbeams on the day | 10 |
| When storm, and cloud, and lightning pass away. | | | | |
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