Fire-Flowers - laura hawley, performed by Ariose

Fire-Flowers, composed by laura hawley
Performed by Ariose, Jolaine Kerley, Artistic Director,
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May, 2023
Score: www.laurahawle...
Text: "Fire-Flowers" by E. Pauline Johnson
And only where the forest fires have sped,
Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands,
A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head,
And, like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed,
It hides the scars with almost human hands.
And only to the heart that knows of grief,
Of desolating fire, of human pain,
There comes some purifying sweet belief,
Some fellow-feeling beautiful, if brief.
And life revives, and blossoms once again.