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Love's Lantern

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(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!

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