Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FIRE, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE


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First Line: All begins in fire and ends in fire
Last Line: Consumes the zeal of burning for the last day.
Subject(s): Desire; Fire; Soul


All begins in fire and ends in fire.
The fountains and cool spring return to flame
And at the sun's approaching wheel, the dew
Ascends the rainbow circle into the sole white.

All that begins in darkness kindles
Into the burning of desire
And from desire into sight,
Seer and seen consuming in one light
When rocks melt in the sun, and mountains pour
Into those flames that to the bound are hell
But to the freed elements, pure delight.

Our forms are fearful of the fires that burn away
Self and identity, but in the dark of the heart
The candle of the soul still for the bridegroom burns,
And in the hidden electron of the water
Consumes the zeal of burning for the last day.





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