The great poet sweats
and forges, in sparks of fire,
iron into love.
De grote dichter	Der große Dichter
zweet en smeedt in vonken vuur --	schwitzt und schmiedet funkelndes --
ijzer tot liefde.	Eisen zu Liebe.

Poem H6308
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-06-05
On Donne's Poetry (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) - 1836
Poem from the collection "Literary remains"; included in chapter 3 of the novel "Possession, A Romance" (1990, A.S. Byatt)
Collection: A profession
Keyword: Writing: a profession 
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S.; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor