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The Paraffin Lamp

Story ID:237
Written by:Kathleen Blanchfield
Story type:Poem
Location:Kilkenny Ireland
Year:2006
Person:My Husband
The Paraffin Lamp is the name of my book of poems. It contains 39 poems and 4 songs.

Here is the Title Poem.


THE PARAFFIN LAMP

There you now stand
In proud elegant style,
Just as you stood
When I was a child.

I remember your light
And your soft gentle glow,
as we struggled with homework
In the sweet lond ago.

Down all the years
Your shadow light,
So soft and so peaceful,
shone all through the night.

So still in our home
though now we `ve all grown,
There `s a snug little spot
that you call your own.

You show off your globe
Each day of the week,
And you glow with the pride
Of a special antique.

You shine your light now
at great special times,
And not just for reading
Those boring school lines.

You sine it at Easter
Yuletide and New Year,
Transporting us back,
To times we hold dear.

O there you now stand,
In proud elegant style,
Just as you stood,
When I was a child.
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