And to their dreams the rest returned apace,

By the one spirit I saw him kneeling low,

And in a silvery whisper heard him say:

Truly, thou know’st not, and thou need’st not know;

Hope only, hope thou, and believe alway;

I also know not, and I need not know,

Only with questionings pass I to and fro,

Perplexing these that sleep, and in their folly

Imbreeding doubt and sceptic melancholy;

Till that, their dreams deserting, they with me