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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!

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