(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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT OF A LADY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE RIVER IN THE MEADOWS by LEONIE ADAMS ECLOGUE: THE COMMON A-TOOK IN by WILLIAM BARNES NOT YE WHO GOAD by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON SEA LYRIC by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |