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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND LIGHT, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography
First Line: There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,
Last Line: But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Light; Love; Wisdom
First Line: There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,
Last Line: But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Light; Love; Wisdom
THERE are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,
And every kind of love makes a glory in the night.
There is love that stirs the heart, and love that gives it rest,
But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
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