Showing posts with label William Wilsey Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Wilsey Martin. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Fire Fancies - Arthur Hacker

Fire Fancies

Weird fire-light dreams are hers. On her young sight
Strange faces grow, wrapp'd in the ruddy light,
And fade, while through the caves and grots of flame
Move changing shapes like phantoms of the night.
William Wilsey Martin (1891)

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Quatrain by William Wilsey Martin courtesy ArtMagick
http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/picture.aspx?id=6623&name=fire-fancies
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More from Martin:
Quatrains: life's mystery, and other poems
By William Wilsey Martin, 1891