And then for light into each other's eyes,

Wondering that Summer showed so brief a sun,

And asking if indeed the day were done.

XVI.

And let not this seem strange: the devotee370

Lives not in earth, but in his ecstasy;

Around him days and worlds are heedless driven,

His Soul is gone before his dust to Heaven.

Is Love less potent? No—his path is trod,

Alike uplifted gloriously to God;