I LOVE bright things like candlelights Upon a window ledge, And beds of scarlet tulips Aflame beneath a hedge, A gypsy campfire glowing, The yellow harvest moon, And fireflies in a dusky gloam When night has come too soon, A maple tree that's all ablaze, Ships' lanterns far at sea, A burning star that leaves the sky A trail of fire for me. But if all these were offered me, I know I'd choose instead— To light my heart through darksome days— A single shining head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC CONTRA MORTEM: THE THAW by HAYDEN CARRUTH CONTRA MORTEM: THE TREES by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SMALLISH SON by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AT NEWPORT by EMMA LAZARUS EPITAPH IN A CHURCH-YARD IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA by AMY LOWELL |