<h3> <SPAN name="fire"></SPAN> "FIRE AND SLEET AND CANDLELIGHT"<br/> </h3>
<p class="poem">
For this you've striven<br/>
Daring, to fail:<br/>
Your sky is riven<br/>
Like a tearing veil.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
For this, you've wasted<br/>
Wings of your youth;<br/>
Divined, and tasted<br/>
Bitter springs of truth.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
From sand unslaked<br/>
Twisted strong cords,<br/>
And wandered naked<br/>
Among trysted swords.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
There's a word unspoken,<br/>
A knot untied.<br/>
Whatever is broken<br/>
The earth may hide.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
The road was jagged<br/>
Over sharp stones:<br/>
Your body's too ragged<br/>
To cover your bones.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
The wind scatters<br/>
Tears upon dust;<br/>
Your soul's in tatters<br/>
Where the spears thrust.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Your race is ended--<br/>
See, it is run:<br/>
Nothing is mended<br/>
Under the sun.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Straight as an arrow<br/>
You fall to a sleep<br/>
Not too narrow<br/>
And not too deep.<br/></p>
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