Disturbed areas of the world

A Lava step at any time
Am I inclined to climb
A Crater I may contemplate
Vesuvius at Home

Sources:

Archives of American Art,
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/container/viewer/Passport–285890
Photoshopped.

Dickinson, Fr1691, “Volcanoes be in Sicily.” I read the first two lines as a subjunctive: “If at any time I am inclined to climb a lava step.”