I lived in Hell the other day Its fires wrapt me angrily, But now their horrors fall and fade Like ghosts that memory has made. I lived in Hell even today, How swift the fierce flames die away— Submerged with kisses, I forget, With tears upon my pillows yet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651 by KATHERINE PHILIPS SOUTHERN PACIFIC by CARL SANDBURG OUR STATE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER I GREET THEE by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS THE TIMELY MEMENTO by PHILIP AYRES PASTELLE IN BLUE by IDA MAY BORNCAMP |