The Edge of the Crater, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Edge of the Crater, and Other Poems I stood on the edge of the crater, where the lava leaps below, And saw in that furnace featured a form that I seemed to know. Many a traveler stood there, inspired by the thrilling sight, While the blush of the burning brimstone crimsoned the ceil of night. With reverent fingers marking the sign of the holy cross, A priest stood close beside me, watching the fire-fonts toss; "Here in this pit is pictured" - he spoke with the voice of gloom - "The fate of the hopeless fallen; the dreadful day of doom!" Silent, a sinner trembled at the word of the ghostly man, For the fear of a future fury through his troubled conscience ran. Then a child, with her eyes laugh-lighted, reflecting the flowing flame, Came close to my side and whispered the sound of a sacred name. "Isn´t it grand?" she murmured - "To me it is life, not death!" And it seemed that the scent of lilies was borne on her baby breath. I stood on the edge of the crater, where the fire-flood springs and falls, And saw in that furnace featured a form that my soul recalls: Fortune and fate and fancy, fancy and fortune and fate, Fate and fancy and fortune, and all that they three create; The love of life and of laughter, the life of laughter and love, Where love takes life to his heart for wife, and the joy that is born thereof. Passion I saw in the making, with never a thought of shame, For mind is the master spirit that sets all the world aflame. Afar, like a welkined wafer, so cool and so pale, the moon Looked down on the lake of lava, on the heart of the world a-swoon, And the burning breakers battered at the cindered cliffs alway, Eating beneath with their torching teeth and tearing the brink away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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