Read full poem →THE long small room that showed willows in the west
Narrowed up to the end the fireplace filled,
Although not wide. I liked it. No one guessed
Dictionary Entry
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “fireplace”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →He stares and stares, with troubled face,
At this huge, gleam-lit fireplace,
At that bright, iron-figured door,
Read full poem →He stares and stares, with troubled face,
At this huge, gleam-lit fireplace,
At that bright, iron-figured door,
Read full poem →Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Read full poem →He spent himself, the labour of his axe,
And leave it there far from a useful fireplace
To warm the frozen swamp as best it could
Read full poem →He eyed a neat-framed notice there
Above the fireplace hung to show
Disabled heroes where to go
Read full poem →She was busy cooking at the open fireplace. She turned to the boy,
about ten years old. “Call your Ma and your Aunt to dinner.” He climbed