Fire! fire! burning bright
In the passion of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could fame thy lovely symmetry?
In what heaven or distant skies
Bestowed the fire in thine eyes?
On butterfly wings dare I aspire?
What, my hand dare seize the fire.
What a body, what an art
Could twist the sinews of thee thy heart.
And when thy heart began to beat,
Oh! what fire oh what heat.
What thee hammer ball my frame?
Heaven cast was thy brain.
Oh! what legs and what a face;
Beautiful skin her body trace.
When God cast you here on earth
Saw the dawning of your beauty birth.
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the tiger make thee?
Lover! lover! burning bright
In the passion of the night
Love immortal, love divine
Fire these love eyes of mine.
