Tuesday, February 16, 2010

"Love's Lantern" by Joyce Kilmer

Love's Lantern
by Joyce Kilmer

(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!

Who was Aline? "Shortly after graduation, on June 9, 1908, Joyce Kilmer married Aline Murray (1888–1941), a fellow poet to whom he had been engaged since his sophomore year at Rutgers. The Kilmers had five children." (From Joyce Kilmer's wikipedia article)

2 comments:

  1. ha???...what's that??...i don't get it...can someone xplain it to me?...PLEASE!!!!

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  2. Kilmer is comparing his wife to a lantern that guides him through life. :)

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