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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IS A FLAME, by GEORGE MARION MCCLELLAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire
Last Line: But knows the heart, 'tis but a word for pain.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of
First Line: Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire
Last Line: But knows the heart, 'tis but a word for pain.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of
Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire,
And fills the being up with sweet desire;
Yet, once the altar feels love's fiery breath,
The heart must be a crucible till death.
Say love is life; and say it not amiss,
That love is but a synonym for bliss.
Say what you will of love -- in what refrain,
But knows the heart, 'tis but a word for pain.
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