Artificial Light
WARM and golden and dear
In custom and kindness set,
We builded against our fear
A place wherein to forget
Darkness that rings us near.
In custom and kindness set,
We builded against our fear
A place wherein to forget
Darkness that rings us near.
Here our hearts we deceive
And will not understand.
Whether we laugh or grieve
We dwell in a lamp-lit land—
A land of make-believe
And will not understand.
Whether we laugh or grieve
We dwell in a lamp-lit land—
A land of make-believe
Not too high for our pride
Whereto we are ever bond
Nor for our souls too wide—
And all is night beyond
Where monstrous things abide.
Whereto we are ever bond
Nor for our souls too wide—
And all is night beyond
Where monstrous things abide.
Still without ceasing we
Watch on our stronghold keep,
Lest lamps burn flickeringly,
And, while we slumber and sleep,
Outcast eternity
Watch on our stronghold keep,
Lest lamps burn flickeringly,
And, while we slumber and sleep,
Outcast eternity
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