An Anthology of Czechoslovak Literature/Fire
Fire
In scarlet array.
Blossomed! Flame-breathing!
Unto my heart with fervid love-tinged utterance thrust thy way.
O scars, O weals,
How blissful are they that thy passion deals,
And what delight
From morn unto eve to be kindled and tested
By thy hundred tongues, branded, mauled, wrested,—
Yet with utter defiance to prevail amid evil plight.
Amid thy sacred forge may I never tire,
Like thy flames, and in thy dreaming’s buoyant wise
Flash forth ever afresh, O my soul and with crimson wings press higher.
Out of each day shall a new redemption arise.
May at the last thine embrace, whither blood of the sun doth shower,
Snatch me in flight, O thou from the endless endlessly bursting power
Bear me and lay me to rest
Upon God’s glowing breast.
Anguish and Hope (1912)
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