I am the hearth-fire Hear me roar and hiss; Hear me crackle and snap; Feed me that I burn. Come near to me for warmth, Shy lovers; For mutual vows and cozy joys, For heat fiercer than love. Gaze deep and see your dreams. I hold to the solid earth. I leap to the sparkling stars. I do both at once. That is my way of loving. Is it yours? Furiously I flame, I dart upward. My thousand ruddy swords flash, Dipped in life blood. I flicker, I escape, I die. Ha! Ha! your little loves! Short-lived are they as I. Are they as bright and pure? Are they as red and hungry as I? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIS CONTENT IN THE COUNTRY by ROBERT HERRICK DRINKING SONG (3) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 32. 'LO! ONE CALLS' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) FRAGMENTS OF A POEM ON THE EXCELLENCE OF CHRISTIANITY by JAMES HAY BEATTIE RARE INTERVALS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 30 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |