“ I have many glories,10
no little strength in all the land,
but I must conceal from every man
the secret power of precious skill
and the path I follow. Tell what my name is.
The text is uncommonly difficult, as though the author tried too hard to be “poetical.” The answer must be Metal in some form: ore, gold, money. The keeper of the fire is Tubal Cain (Gen. 4:22) . ”