In the depths of the earth wert thou engendered, and didst dwell in darkness for this hour.
From the center didst thou spring upward, and wert poured through all the veins of matter, to strengthen and complete.
But now thou art born into a new life, and art appointed to build and destroy.
Another, mightier than thyself, shall shape thee, and thou shall be his bondsman until thy work is done.
In the furnace and at the forge shall thy true worth be tried, and every good by heaven blessed, by thee be multiplied.
Then sing the praise of iron; the sturdy and noble iron—
Clink, clank;
Glowing, flashing;
Clanging, clashing;
Sharp and quick;