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The May Sun Sheds an Amber Light The may sun sheds an amber light On new-leaved woods and lawns between; But she who, with a smile more bright, Welcomed and watched the springing green, Is in her grave, Low in her grave. The fair white blossoms of the wood... Poet: William Cullen Bryant	Light The Night has a thousand eyes, The day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When its love is done. Poet: Francis William Bourdillon	“Lead, kindly Light” Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home,— Lead thou me on! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene,—one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed... Poet: John Henry Newman	Light THOU art the joy of age: Thy sun is dear when long the shadow falls. Forth to its friendliness the old man crawls, And, like the bird hung in his poor cage To gather song from radiance, in his chair Sits by the door; and sitteth there His soul... Poet: George MacDonald
Sudden Light I Have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before,— How long ago I may not know: ... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti