Afterglow + 

Through you I entered heaven and hell, + 

Knew rapture and despair, + 

I flitted o’er the plains of earth + 

And scaled each shining stair: + 

Drank deep the waters of content, + 

And drained the cup of gall, + 

Was regal and was impotent, + 

Was suzerain and thrall. + 

Now, by Reflection’s placid pool + 

On evening’s mellowed brow, + 

I smile across the backward way + 

And pledge anew my vow; + 

For every glancing, golden gleam, + 

I offer gladly⁠—pain! + 

And I would give a thousand world + 

To live it all again! + 