With all the world,—union as wide as man,—
No human soul can ever suffer more
The devastating grief of loneliness.
THE KEEPER OF THE LIGHT.
A lighthouse keeper with a loving heart
Toiled at his service in the lonely tower,
Keeping his giant lenses clear and bright,
And feeding with pure oil the precious light
Whose power to save was as his own heart’s power.
He loved his kind, and being set alone