Famous Open Fire Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Open Fire poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous open fire poems. These examples illustrate what a famous open fire poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Drying Their Wings

...ht, 
A sparkle through the pane, 
Showing the place is brighter still 
Within, though bright without. 
There, at a cosy open fire 
Strange babes are grouped about. 
The children of the wind and tide-- 
The urchins of the sky, 
Drying their wings from storms and things 
So they again can fly....Read more of this...
by Lindsay, Vachel


I Have Some Friends

...
So well the worse of wear.

I have some friends, some honest friends,
And honest friends are few;
My pipe of briar, my open fire,
A book that's not too new;
My bed so warm, the nights of storm
I love to listen to.

I have some friends, some good, good friends,
Who faithful are to me:
My wrestling partner when I rise,
The big and burly sea;
My little boat that's riding there
So saucy and so free.

I have some friends, some golden friends,
Whose worth will not decline:
A tawny...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

Love and a Question

...
Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind; 
'Stranger, I wish I knew.' 

Within, the bride in the dusk alone 
Bent over the open fire, 
Her face rose-red with the glowing coal 
And the thought of the heart's desire. 

The bridegroom looked at the weary road, 
Yet saw but her within, 
And wished her heart in a case of gold 
And pinned with a silver pin. 

The bridegroom thought it little to give 
A dole of bread, a purse, 
A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God, 
Or for the rich a...Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert

The Battle of the Nile

...dopting that plan, that was his only chance;
But one after another, they bore down on the enemy;
Then Nelson cried, now open fire my heroes, immediately! 

Then the shores of Egypt trembled with the din of the war,
While sheets of flame rent the thick clouds afar;
And the contending fleets hung incumbent o'er the bay,
Whilst our British tars stuck to their guns without the least dismay. 

And loudly roared the earthly thunder along thr river Nile,
And the British ship Orion w...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Travelling Post Office

...estern mail has gone 
Across the great Blue Mountain Range to take the letter on. 
A moment on the topmost grade, while open fire-doors glare, 
She pauses like a living thing to breathe the mountain air, 
Then launches down the other side across the plains away 
To bear that note to "Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh," 


And now by coach and mailman's bag it goes from town to town, 
And Conroy's Gap and Conroy's Creek have marked it "Further down." 
Beneath a sky of deepe...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton


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