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!

1. Mount Houvenkopf
2. The Apartment House
3. The Big Top
4. The Cathedral of Rheims
5. The Fourth Shepherd

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