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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LONG TRAIL: THE PRAIRIE FIRE, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL
First Line: So the summer is done. Then high and higher
Last Line: The back-fire's stifling, scarred retreat.
Subject(s): Fire
First Line: So the summer is done. Then high and higher
Last Line: The back-fire's stifling, scarred retreat.
Subject(s): Fire
So the summer is done. Then high and higher
The flame and roar of the prairie fire
Swifter than wings, with, charred and black,
The mad wild flight; while the dry roots crack
Incessantly in the creeping blaze
Left far behind the plunging plays
Of wind-tossed grass, till the ditches meet
The back-fire's stifling, scarred retreat.
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