Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam/Prayer Amid Flames
PRAYER AMID FLAMES.
Holy Spirit, I worship thee.Fire and Victor-Song is thy name.Shine in our need, O spirit of power,Shine o'er the gulf of our dread last hour,Burn into ashes our mortal frame!—Even in death mine arms shall beOutstretched in prayer to thy deathless flame.