Burning Tree
O BURNING tree upon the hill
And burning tree within my heart,
What kinship stands between you still,
What cord I cannot tear apart?
And burning tree within my heart,
What kinship stands between you still,
What cord I cannot tear apart?
The passionate gust that sets you free,
— A flock of leaves in sudden flight —
Shatters that bright interior tree
Into a shower of splintered light.
— A flock of leaves in sudden flight —
Shatters that bright interior tree
Into a shower of splintered light.
O moments fused with ecstasy
When flame in eye and heart unite,
Come you from earth, or can you be
The swallows of eternity?
When flame in eye and heart unite,
Come you from earth, or can you be
The swallows of eternity?