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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHARM; FOR OUR NEW FIREPLACE TO STOP ITS SMOKING, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O wood, burn bright; o flame, be quick Last Line: My brown-eyed girl comes down for tea! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Charms (magic); Fireplaces | |||
O WOOD, burn bright; O flame, be quick; O smoke, draw cleanly up the flue -- My lady chose your every brick And sets her dearest hopes on you! Logs cannot burn, nor tea be sweet, Nor white bread turn to crispy toast, Until the charm be made complete By love, to lay the sooty ghost. And then, dear books, dear waiting chairs, Dear china and mahogany, Draw close, for on the happy stairs My brown-eyed girl comes down for tea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VIERZIDE CHAIRS by WILLIAM BARNES HEARTH SONG by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 8. THE FIRESIDE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE COAL-FIRE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH FIRESIDE DREAMS by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY THE OPEN FIRE by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST A WINTER-EVENING HYMN TO MY FIRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL DEDICATION FOR A FIREPLACE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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