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GOLD AND STEEL; THE ANSWER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON

First Line: I HAVE ASKED, AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED
Last Line: STEEL, TO MEET YOUR FOES FOR YOU.
Subject(s): GOLD; STEEL;
I HAVE asked, and you have answered: --
Be the cunning work fulfilled,
Be the soul that's tried by fire
Tender-hearted, warrior-willed.
Steel for strength and gold for beauty,
So shall be the heart you hold;
As a sword of keenest metal
Yet may have its hilt of gold.
Fan your furnace, hotter, hotter,
Till you win the weapon true;
Golden to your touch, my dearest,
Steel, to meet your foes for you.





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