Ocupation: Poet
Life: July 22, 1849 - November 19, 1887
Birthday: July 22
Death: November 19
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.
source: Emma Lazarus, John Hollander (2005). “Selected Poems”, p.87, Library of America
topic: Stars, Night, Shining, Hanukkah, Night Light