Original sentence: Days and nights in front of open-hearth furnaces.Days and nights we drove a hard fight,.Half of Europe, we have marched across half the Earth,.Like a dying ember in a put-out fire.Oh how I wish to run barefoot in dew.There were versts, burnt and left in  dust, —.We hastened this day the very best we could
Edited sentence: Days and nights at open-hearth furnaces.Days and nights we fought a hard battle,.Half of Europe, we have stridden half the Earth,.Like an ember dwindled in the faded fire.Versts were there, burnt and dusted, —.We did all we could for hastening this day.Wish to run about barefoot in dew