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THE WHITE HEAT.
Dare you see a soul at the white heat? Then crouch within the door. Red is the fire's common tint; But when the vivid ore
Has sated flame's conditions, Its quivering substance plays Without a color but the light Of unanointed blaze.
Least village boasts its blacksmith, Whose anvil's even din Stands symbol for the finer forge That soundless tugs within,
Refining these impatient ores With hammer and with blaze, Until the designated light Repudiate the forge.