Read full poem →So turned she northward and came,
And the white-thorn land was aflame
With the fires that were shed from her feet,
Dictionary Entry
In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it
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Common Phrases
. aflameaflame setaflame eyesaflame face
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Poetry examples for “aflame”
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Read full poem →Like Puss in fire-shine, when the room
Is thus aflame with female bloom.
But then she smiles when most would pout;
Read full poem →If your soul were aflame with love,
Or your head were devoted to truth,
Read full poem →Did I know my boy aright,
Thinking of him as a spirit aflame,
Active, ever aspiring?
Read full poem →Who fall, must be restored to fight again.
I've thrown my soul in this, am all aflame.
You should have seen me when I took the oath,
Read full poem →Who spoke these words, no shadow ever came;
And when my ill-schooled spirit is aflame
Read full poem →Who spoke these words, no shadow ever came; 10
And when my ill-school'd spirit is aflame
Read full poem →I may have run the glorious race,
And caught the torch while yet aflame,
And called upon the holy name
Read full poem →Then Love the Master-Player came
With heaving breast and eyes aflame;
The Harp he took all undismayed,
Read full poem →'_One April morn I heard a blackbird's song,_
'_And joy was in my heart like leaves aflame._'