"With a book and a steeple, with a bell and a key they would bind it forever, but they can't," said he. "Oh, the book it will perish and the steeple … - Sydney Carter

"With a book and a steeple, with a bell and a key they would bind it forever, but they can't," said he. "Oh, the book it will perish and the steeple will fall, but the light will be shining at the end of it all."

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About Sydney Carter

Sydney Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English Quaker poet and songwriter.

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Alternative Names: Sydney Bertram Carter

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There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man, it's the light that was shining when the world began. There's a light that is shining in the Turk and the Jew and a light that is shining, friend, in me and in you.

Teach the crippled how to leap,
Throw their crutches on a heap, Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down. Rock, love, carry it away,
Lift the world up by your levity, Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.

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