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...THE CHAM TOWERS AT DA NANG by KAREN SWENSON THE SOUTH COUNTRY by HILAIRE BELLOC THE IMMORTAL MIND by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THOSE EVENING BELLS by THOMAS MOORE HARMOSAN by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |