Sacred Flame

I'm not a poet so i googled this one.

by George Marion McClellan

"Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire,

And fills the being up with sweet desire;

Yet, once the altar feels love’s fiery breath,

The heart must be a crucible till death.

Say love is life; and say it not amiss,

That love is but a synonym for bliss.

Say what you will of love—in what refrain,

But knows the heart, ‘tis but a word for pain."