(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 />Alfred Joyce Kilmer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-lantern-2/
