Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DRAFT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: My hearth is bright
Last Line: But it draws my soul on high!
Subject(s): Fire


My hearth is bright
With ruddy light;
The cheery flames aspire.
The wood's brave soul
Glows in the coal,
And constant burns the fire.

But, narrowing back,
The fireplace black
Confines the flame's clear will,
And dark and high
To the silent sky
The chimney rises still.

A gloomy frame
For the eager flame,
And a gloomy upward way;
But light and heat,
And the fire complete,
These narrowing bonds obey.

So my fortunes dim,
And my sorrows grim
That press all darkly nigh,
Their draft austere
I fight and fear,
But it draws my soul on high!





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