Fire And Love

A poem by Edward Powys Mathers

If you do not want your heart
Burnt at a small flame
Like a spitted sheep,
Fly the love of women.
Fire burns what it touches,
But love burns from afar.

Folk Song of Manchuria.

Reader Comments

Tell us what you think of 'Fire And Love' by Edward Powys Mathers

comments powered by Disqus