A Nocturn + 

Upon the face of darkness beams my soul⁠— + 

Nearby, behind the curtains of my sight; + 

And ’round it weary waves of wonder roll⁠— + 

Sad seas of color o’er dead seas of light: + 

Here is no Space, no Time⁠—nor day nor night⁠— + 

Here is the boundless, undiminished Whole⁠— + 

Here is my soul. + 

Here is no love that hides beneath its shoal + 

The sandix that can redden a sea of years; + 

Here is no lust that lies to Beauty’s mole + 

And draws from eyes of flint a flood of tears; + 

Here is no disenchantment and no fears⁠— + 

No blasted hopes, no jaunty joy, no dole⁠— + 

Here is my soul. + 

Now lost in clay and water; now the Whole + 

Is lost within me: sea and earth and sky + 

I dismiss from my presence, as I roll + 

My lids and lo, the lord of night am I. + 

Into the airless wilderness I fly; + 

Here is no vain desire, no galling goal⁠— + 

Here is my soul. + 

In Eternity, shod with the hoary noul + 

Of deathless Death⁠—in dim and shimmering shades + 

Of soilless vales that bosom and cajole + 

The crystal flowers dropping from cloud-cascades; + 

Here in the grove of myriad colonnades + 

Of jet and pearl and amber I now stroll⁠— + 

Here is my soul. + 