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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEARCHLIGHT, by DOROTHEA LAMORE
First Line: Out of the dark a yellow light
Last Line: Earth has all secrets you want to know?
Subject(s): Earth; Light; Night; Sky; World; Bedtime
First Line: Out of the dark a yellow light
Last Line: Earth has all secrets you want to know?
Subject(s): Earth; Light; Night; Sky; World; Bedtime
Out of the dark a yellow light
Stabs the blackness of the night;
Into the clouds over the moon
Ruffling the waters of the lagoon,
Across the sky and back again,
Searching always but in vain . . .
Why search the sky, when down below
Earth has all secrets you want to know?
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