I am the hearth-fire Hear me roar and hiss; Hear me crackle and snap; Feed me that I burn. Come near to me for warmth, Shy lovers; For mutual vows and cozy joys, For heat fiercer than love. Gaze deep and see your dreams. I hold to the solid earth. I leap to the sparkling stars. I do both at once. That is my way of loving. Is it yours? Furiously I flame, I dart upward. My thousand ruddy swords flash, Dipped in life blood. I flicker, I escape, I die. Ha! Ha! your little loves! Short-lived are they as I. Are they as bright and pure? Are they as red and hungry as I? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WANTS OF MAN by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS THE MONK IN THE KITCHEN by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL BASE DETAILS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER (2) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A STIRRUP-CUP by DOUGLAS AINSLIE |