Love

The Lamp and the Star

by Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947

From English Poems (1895)

Love

Yea, let me be 'thy bachelere,'
'Tis sweeter than thy lord;
How should I envy him, my dear,
The lamp upon his board.
Still make his little circle bright
With boon of dear domestic light,
While I afar,
Watching his windows in the night,
Worship a star
For which he hath no bolt or bar.
Yea, dear,
Thy 'bachelere.'

MLA

Gallienne, Richard Le. “The Lamp and the Star.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/12/.

Chicago

Gallienne, Richard Le. “The Lamp and the Star.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/12/.

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