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THE POET ON THE HEARTH by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN FIRE IS KINDLED ON THE DOGS
Last Line: MAY LIGHT SOME MASTER INTO FIRE!
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;
WHEN fire is kindled on the dogs,
But still the stubborn oak delays,
Small embers laid above the logs
Will draw them into sudden blaze.

Just so the minor poet's part:
(A greater he need not desire)
The charcoals of his burning heart
May light some Master into fire!



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