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THE LIGHT OF LOVE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE CLOUDS HAVE DEEPENED O'ER THE
Last Line: WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER HERE?
Subject(s): DESPAIR; LIGHT; LOVE; NIGHT; WIND; BEDTIME;
THE clouds have deepened o'er the night
Till, through the dark profound,
The moon is but a stain of light,
And all the stars are drowned;
And all the stars are drowned, my love,
And all the skies are drear;
But what care we for light above,
If light of love is here?

The wind is like a wounded thing
That beats about the gloom
With baffled breast and drooping wing,
And wail of deepest doom;
And wail of deepest doom, my love;
But what have we to fear
From night, or rain, or winds above,
With love and laughter here?



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