And far the way that I must go

To bring my spirit unto thee,

Behind the glass, within the glow.

A VISION OF BEAUTY

Where we sat at dawn together, while the star-rich heavens shifted,

We were weaving dreams in silence, suddenly the veil was lifted.

By a hand of fire awakened, in a moment caught and led

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Upward to the wondrous vision: through the star-mists overhead

Flare and flaunt the monstrous highlands; on the sapphire coast of night

Fall the ghostly froth and fringes of the ocean of the light.

Many coloured shine the vapours: to the moon-eye far away

'Tis the fairy ring of twilight mid the spheres of night and day,

Girdling with a rainbow cincture round the planet where we go,

We and it together fleeting, poised upon the pearl glow;

We and it and all together flashing through the starry spaces

In a tempest dream of beauty lighting up the place of places.

Half our eyes behold the glory: half within the spirit's glow

Echoes of the noiseless revels and the will of beauty go.

By a hand of fire uplifted—to her star-strewn palace brought,

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