V. 
That was my sanity.  Brought face to face 
Suddenly with the infinite, I feared. 
My brain snapped, broke ; white oarage-wings appeared 
On stronger shoulders set, a carapace, 
A chariot.  I did essay that wierd 
Unmeasured dome, 
Found in its balance, peace ; found in its silence, home. 
 
VI. 
That was my madness.  On bright plumage poised 
I soared, I hovered in the infinite ; 
Nothing was everything ; the day was night, 
Dark and deep light together, that rejoiced 
In their strange wedlock.  Marvellously white 
All rainbows kissed 
Into one sphere that stood, a circumambient mist. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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