OH, FIRE!

Oh! Fire no eyes beholdeth,
Ere planets were begun
Kindled within the Inmost-
Fierce, flaming, blazing sun!

Oh, Fire whost heat preserveth
The Truth of truth alive!
Then givest to Being beauty;
All souls by thee survive.

Oh, Fire aye melting heaven,
And burning up the earth -
'Tis by thy fierce endeavor
Now, Liberty hath birth.

                                                                          M.