That monstrous darkness in one lean black spire

To heaven, they heard an organ muttering low

As though the stones once more were stirred to life

By the deep soul within. Then, arched and tall,

In the sheer blackness of that lava, shone

One rich stained window, where the Mother stood,

In gold and blue and crimson, with the Child.

They looked at it as men who see the life

And light of heaven through the Plutonian walls

Of this material universe. They heard