Clarity + 

“Come!” cried my mind and by her might + 

That was upon us we flew above the river + 

Seeking her, grey gulls among the white⁠— + 

In the air speaking as she had willed it: + 

“I am given,” cried I, “now I know it! + 

I know now all my time is forespent! + 

For me one face is all the world! + 

For I have seen her at last, this day, + 

In whom age in age is united⁠— + 

Indifferent, out of sequence, marvelously! + 

Saving alone that one sequence + 

Which is the beauty of all the world, for surely + 

Either there in the rolling smoke spheres below us + 

Or here with us in the air intercircling, + 

Certainly somewhere here about us + 

I know she is revealing these things!” + 

And as gulls we flew and with soft cries + 

We seemed to speak, flying, “It is she + 

The mighty, recreating the whole world, + 

This the first day of wonders! + 

She is attiring herself before me⁠— + 

Taking shape before me for worship, + 

A red leaf that falls upon a stone! + 

It is she of whom I told you, old + 

Forgiveless, unreconcilable; + 

That high wanderer of by-ways + 

Walking imperious in beggary! + 

At her throat is loose gold, a single chain + 

From among many, on her bent fingers + 

Are rings from which the stones are fallen, + 

Her wrists wear a diminished state, her ankles + 

Are bare! Toward the river! Is it she there?” + 

And we swerved clamorously downward⁠— + 

“I will take my peace in her henceforth!” + 