Spirit hid in a stone,
Come to me now. See, with a blow,
I can compel you-I, all alone.
I am the master of Fire,
Spirit hid in a stone. I, all alone.
Use it to my desire.
How the grass burns:
I am the master of Fire. For my desire
See how the flame twists and turns.
The juniper’s hidden in flame:
How the bush burns ! Red the flame turns.
The oak tree is veiled in the same.
From oak tree to fir
Reaches the flame. Can this be the same
That I woke? The whole forest ‘s astir.
The forest’s astir and awake,
The forest’s astir. Oak tree and fir
Are burning alive for my sake.
Genie, come back to my hand,
Spirit out of a stone. Here, all alone,
Watching in terror, I stand.
Higher and higher
Reacheth my master, Fire. Higher and nigher
Cometh the great god, Fire.
(Ethel Clifford)
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