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Poem by Joyce Kilmer


Love's Lantern


(For Aline)

Because the road was steep and long
And through a dark and lonely land,
God set upon my lips a song
And put a lantern in my hand.
Through miles on weary miles of night
That stretch relentless in my way
My lantern burns serene and white,
An unexhausted cup of day.
O golden lights and lights like wine,
How dim your boasted splendors are.
Behold this little lamp of mine;
It is more starlike than a star!



Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer's other poems:
  1. Mount Houvenkopf
  2. The Apartment House
  3. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
  4. The Big Top
  5. Queen Elizabeth Speaks


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