Eclipse + 

Aflounder the uncompassed darkness of doubt + 

In search of the path to the goal + 

That lies at the end of our transient day, + 

The ultimate bourne of the soul; + 

I grasp into nothingness, feebly essay + 

To clasp but a willow, a stone, + 

And grope through the stepless, unechoing gloom + 

Unanswered, unsuccored, alone! + 