Bonnefyre HWLI 04 005

2024-06-22T00:00:00Z

Bonnefyre Oh, Fire, I know That thy light with an ultimate splendor our being shall drench; It shall flare up before eyes that Death fain would finally quench. With swift knowledge it burns, and with joy heaven-high At the vastness of vistas unfolding afar. Who has summoned those visions to being? And why? Who has rayed them in colors befitting a star? Beyond life is the answer. Oh thou heavenward heart of the element ever in flight, On my twilight horizon, let Death, necromancer, Shed perpetual light! (pp. 79-80). Balmont, Konstantin. "Hymn to Fire." Modern Russian Poetry; An Anthology . Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky (eds., trans.), Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1921. https://archive.org/details/modernrussianpo00yarmgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Based on a March 2024 photo by Marco Ugarte.