Love's Lantern

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!