John Hall Wheelock. Holy Light. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Holy Light

By John Hall Wheelock


WHERE Life like a candle burns
In the darkness of the night,
Moth-like my lost spirit yearns
Nearer in his circling flight.

Luringly her beauty draws	5
Onward with each shuddering breath,
Till I flutter, till I pause
In the radiance of death.

I am flaming, I am fled—
All around you reigns the night;	10
But my agony has fed
You a moment, holy light!