Feuerzauber
1885-1977
I never knew the earth had so much gold --
The fields run over with it, and this hill,
Hoary and old,
Is young with buoyant blooms that flame and thrill.
Such golden fires, such yellow -- lo, how good
This spendthrift world, and what a lavish God --
This fringe of wood,
Blazing with buttercup and goldenrod.
You too, beloved, are changed. Again I see
Your face grow mystical, as on that night
You turned to me,
And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb;
The fields absorb you, color you entire . . .
And you become
A goddess standing in a world of fire!
DayPoems Poem No. 1395
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1395.html">Feuerzauber by Louis Untermeyer</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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