Into the forest-ocean spread below.

The soundless darkness of the sunken vales,

Wave beyond wave till all distinctness fails.

So floods the air the loveliness of it,

Our beings ebbing to the infinite.

Moveless in ecstasy, a sudden light

We sit at windows gazing to the night.

Where still the sting of Beauty faintly smarts,

Thanks for the resurrection of our hearts.

O stars so wise that understand the weak!

O strong and perfect tongues that speak!

O whispering stars whose radiance falls like dew!

You have given us back the dreams our childhood knew!

We seek our beds content and void of pain,

And dreaming wake to see the day again.

The eternal mysteries unfold

Brother, yet great thy power;

Thou stood'st as on a tower

In thy alembic song

Imagination strong

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