O for that Lamp's metallic gauze, That curtain of protecting wire, Which Davy delicately draws Around illicit, dangerous fire! The wall he sets 'twixt Flame and Air, (Like that which barred young Thisbe's bliss,) Through whose small holes this dangerous pair May see each other, but not kiss." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OCTAVES: 15 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIMSELF by WALTER RALEIGH THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: THE LETTER by ALFRED TENNYSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 1. THE MARVELLOUS SEED OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES THE CALL OF THE DESERT by EMILY BALDWIN MY HERO; TO ROBERT GOULD SHAW by BENJAMIN GRIFFITH BRAWLEY |