A BALE-FIRE kindled in the night, By night a blaze, by day a cloud, With flame and smoke all England woke, -- It climbed so high, it roared so loud: While over Massachusetts' pines Uprose a white and steadfast star; And many a night it hung unwatched, -- It shone so still, it seemed so far. But Light is Fire, and Fire is Light; And mariners are glad for these, -- The torch that flares along the coast, The star that beams above the seas. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LYMAN KING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: OSCAR HUMMEL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EPISTLE IN FORM OF A BALLAD TO HIS FRIENDS by FRANCOIS VILLON MOONLIT APPLES by JOHN DRINKWATER YOU ON THE TOWER by THOMAS HARDY UNGRATEFULNESS by GEORGE HERBERT A SEA STORY by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY |