Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIGHT VERSE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY



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First Line: At night the gas lamps light our street
Last Line: Those lovely double burners!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Beauty; Eyes


At night the gas lamps light our street,
Electric bulbs our homes;
The gas is billed in cubic feet,
Electric light in ohms.

But one illumination still
Is brighter far and sweeter;
It is not figured in a bill
Nor measured by a meter.

More bright that lights that money buys,
More pleasing to discerners,
The shining lamps of Helen's eyes,
Those lovely double burners!





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