How does William Stafford use imagery in Ways to Live?

In the section entitled, Having It Be Tomorrow, Stafford personifies the day, which "holds its lantern before it," bringing light and life to the entire planet. He evokes the timeless pastoral imagery of shepherds lighting fires, "beads of light that extend miles of horizon." Here, Stafford expresses the long panoramic vista, the immemorial play of light upon the land, painted with unornamented, plain language, and he moves from the largeness of his timeless vision to the intimate particular secret that brings laughter to anyone who shares it.