Into the furnace let me go alone; Stay you without in terror of the heat. I will go naked in—for thus ''tis sweet— Into the weird depths of the hottest zone. I will not quiver in the frailest bone, You will not note a flicker of defeat; My heart shall tremble not its fate to meet, My mouth give utterance to any moan. The yawning oven spits forth fiery spears; Red aspish tongues shout wordlessly my name. Desire destroys, consumes my mortal fears, Transforming me into a shape of flame. I will come out, back to your world of tears, A stronger soul within a finer frame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUTH AND ART by ROBERT BROWNING UNGRATEFULNESS by GEORGE HERBERT AFTER THE BATTLE (OF AUGHRIM) by THOMAS MOORE MOUNTAIN LAUREL by ALFRED NOYES TO THE DAISY (2) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MANSONG: CHORAL by MARCUS ADENEY |