Alone

  In contact, lo! the flint and steel,

  By sharp and flame, the thought reveal

  That he the metal, she the stone,

  Had cherished secretly alone.

Booley Fito.Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.The lyrical form of this poem is aabb.1.Bierce burlesques lexicographers who illustrate definitions withquotations, here from his pseudonym \