O for that Lamp's metallic gauze, That curtain of protecting wire, Which Davy delicately draws Around illicit, dangerous fire! The wall he sets 'twixt Flame and Air, (Like that which barred young Thisbe's bliss,) Through whose small holes this dangerous pair May see each other, but not kiss." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 4 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: JUNE by EDMUND SPENSER AN EPISTLE TO CURIO by MARK AKENSIDE A CHRYSALIS by MARY EMILY NEELEY BRADLEY CAELIA: SONNETS: 4 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |