[LAMP-POSTS]

The eternal flame of laughter and desire

Breaks the long darkness with a little glance,

Till all the gloom is radiant in a dance

Of yellow hopefulness, reflecting fire

That dreams from Heaven's lamps as we aspire

Sadly toward their jubilance—Romance

Of faery glitter in the streets of chance—

Those beacon-trees that blossom from the mire

Within the fog of our despairing gloom;