Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?

Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat? (1891)
by Emily Dickinson
365
5515Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat? — 365Emily Dickinson

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 vanquished Flame's conditions,
It quivers from the Forge
Without a color, but the light
Of unanointed Blaze.

Least Village has its Blacksmith
Whose Anvil's even ring
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 —


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