Nature
Fire of Heaven, Whose Starry Arrow
From Shorter Poems, Book IV
Fire of heaven, whose starry arrow
Pierces the veil of timeless night:
Molten spheres, whose tempests narrow
Their floods to a beam of gentle light,
To charm with a moon-ray quenched from fire
The land of delight, the land of desire!
Smile of love, a flower planted,
Sprung in the garden of joy that art:
Eyes that shine with a glow enchanted,
Whose spreading fires encircle my heart,
And warm with a noon-ray drenched in fire
My land of delight, my land of desire!
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MLA
Bridges, Robert. “Fire of Heaven, Whose Starry Arrow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/176/.
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Bridges, Robert. “Fire of Heaven, Whose Starry Arrow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/176/.
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