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    Fires of Driftwood
    Fires of Driftwood
    Fires of Driftwood
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    Fires of Driftwood

    By Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

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    "I gather you. See! I set free the fire within you—You awake in thin flame! Tremulous, mistlike, your soul aspires, Blue, beautiful, Up and up to the clouds which are its kindred! What is left is nothing—Ashes blown along the shore!" "Fires of Driftwood" is a collection of poems by the Canadian author Isabel Ecclestone Mackay with themes ranging from the scenes and seasons of nature, to love and romance, and even poems about Christmas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN4064066180638
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