A kept light — in this house, a living session: lit at waking, tended while it works, honored when it goes out.
Greek lampas (torch, light), from lampein (to shine), via Latin lampas and Old French lampe; a kept light, tended while it burns and honoured when it goes out.
Six different lines each keep a written wake and a written close beside this word, so a lamp's beginning and its end are set down, not only lived through.