Smothered Fires + 

A woman with a burning flame + 

Deep covered through the years + 

With ashes. Ah! she hid it deep, + 

And smothered it with tears. + 

Sometimes a baleful light would rise + 

From out the dusky bed, + 

And then the woman hushed it quick + 

To slumber on, as dead. + 

At last the weary war was done + 

The tapers were alight, + 

And with a sigh of victory + 

She breathed a soft⁠—good-night! + 