LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Involving self in self, and light in light.
And this was not a pain, but peaceable
Like young-eyed love, reviving; it consumed
And consecrated and made savour sweet
To our changed senses. And the dual self
Of love grew less distinct and I began
To feel her heart in mine, her lips in mine,
Her spirit absolutely one with mine.
Then mistier grew the sense of God without,
And consciousness denied external things,
And God was I, and nothing might exist,
Subsist, or be at all, outside of Me,
Myself Existence of Existences..
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We had passed unknowing to the woody crown
Of the little hill, and entered an unseen
Low chapel. All without the walls appeared
As fire, and all within as icy light ;
The altar was of gold, and on it burnt
Some ancient perfume. Then I saw myself
And her together, as a priest, whose robe
Was white and frail, and covered with a cope
Of scarlet bound with gold. And on the head
A golden crown, wherein a diamond shone,
And in the diamond we beheld our self
The higher priest, not clothed, but clothed upon
With the white brilliance of high nakedness
As with a garment. And of our self there came
A voice: “Ye have attained to That which Is;
Kiss, and the vision is fulfilled.” And so
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