And Darkness on the Deep of Time.

Murmurous voices call and climb;

Faces, half-formed, arise; and He

Looked from the shadow of His throne,

The curtain of Eternity;

He looked—and saw Himself alone,

And on the sombre sea, the primal one,

Faint faces, that might not abide;

Flicker, and are foredone.

So were they caught within the spacious tide,