“If I can find out God, then I shall find Him,
If none can find Him, then I shall sleep soundly,
Knowing how well on earth your love sufficed me,
A lamp in darkness.”

—  Sara Teasdale

"The Lamp"
Love Songs (1917)

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American writer and poet 1884–1933

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