(For Aline) <br /> <br />Because the road was steep and long <br /> And through a dark and lonely land, <br />God set upon my lips a song <br /> And put a lantern in my hand. <br /> <br />Through miles on weary miles of night <br /> That stretch relentless in my way <br />My lantern burns serene and white, <br /> An unexhausted cup of day. <br /> <br />O golden lights and lights like wine, <br /> How dim your boasted splendors are. <br />Behold this little lamp of mine; <br /> It is more starlike than a star!<br /><br />Joyce Kilmer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-lantern/
