The homely cricket gossips at my feet.

From far-off pools and wastes of reeds I hear,

Clear and soft-piped, the chanting frogs break sweet

In full Pandean chorus. One by one

Shine out the stars, and the great night comes on.

[THE CLEARER SELF]

Before me grew the human soul,

And after I am dead and gone,

Through grades of effort and control

The marvellous work shall still go on.