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By flaming tongues of firethe dross is burned away,their red-hot eyes discerningthe iron and gold – that stays.Gold, once refined, will glitter,and iron hardens to steel.The Spirit’s blows strike squarely –pure metal they reveal.Steel makes a trusty weapon,and gold gleams in the light.So may the Spirit temper usand keep what’s precious bright.With hearts made pure, then, forward!Take up the hardest fight.Raise high your flaming torchesand send afar their light.Sannerz, July 26, 1926Drifting, trembling,aching voice –alone in the universeecholess.Foreboding remembrance –wounded hearts’ pain –outburst of anguishedsouls rent in twain.Driven by obsessions,dragged to the ground –brought into the light:freed! unbound!Rescue, savethe foundering ship.Chains, be loosed –leaden weights, slip.Freedom: strengthof victorious forces –streaming sapof creative sources.Blazing sunthat ends dark hours –joyous blissof loving powers.Up from the deep,from the central fire,in cosmic union,stars rise higher.Loving soulswith radiant eyes –once deathly ill,now worthy and wise.Love toward all,oneness in One –steadfast and pure,for his sake alone.Sannerz, December 1926Eberhard loved the symbolism of fire; he wrote this poem on his fortythirdbirthday and presented it to Emmy.Eberhard gave this poem to his sister-in-law Else von Hollander on herbirthday, December 13, 1926, with the following dedication: “Full unitycomes to us when God’s love, his love to all his creatures, fills our hearts andrules our lives.”P O E M S & R H Y M E D P R A Y E R S:E B E R H A R D A R N O L D 63