Obelisks of Fire



Column, tower, and dome, and spire,
Shine like obelisks of fire,
Pointing with inconstant motion
From the altar of dark ocean
To the sapphire-tinted skies;
As the flames of sacrifice
From the marble shrines did rise,

-Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills, 1819







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