Desire

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Desire

THIS is my desire
Which burns the fuel of my soul.
O terrible white fire!
Leaping to blister the sky.
Beyond my sight;
Ever reaching higher;
My strength and my delight;
Oh out of my control!
This is my desire:—

To hear the song that beauty sings.
To refashion the earth with the joy of things.
To grasp in a corner of my mind
The sunlit clouds, the driving wind.
To let imagination fly
Up the beauty of the sky.
To hold it with me when I go
To sing my song on earth below.

This is the desire
Which burns the fuel of my soul.
O terrible white fire!
Leaping to blister the sky.
Beyond my sight;
Ever reaching higher,
My strength and my delight;
Oh out of my control!
This is my desire.

Title: Desire
Identifier: greatwar_moresongs2059

Item sets: More Songs By the Fighting Men

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