Fire Fire Quench Desire by Jack Beeson Lyrics

Hot sun, cool fire
Tempered with sweet air
Black shade, fair nurse
Shadow my white hair:

Shine, sun; burn, fire;
Breathe, air, and ease me;
Black shade, fair nurse
Shroud me, and please me:

Shadow, my sweet nurse
Keep me from burning
Make not my glad cause
Cause of my mourning

Let not my beauty's fire
Inflame unstaid desire
Nor pierce any bright eye
That wandereth lightly