And all the sound of singing was brought low.

Then, as the vision vanished in the hushed

Twilight that painted out the caravan,

Leaving the pilgrims but a burnûs-blur

On the drab canvas of the shore, a wail

Rose, and to them the Dreamer's last reply:

"The aimless spindrift mingles with the scats

Where suddenly the desert is the beach.

A low wind whimpers up and down the flats

Seeking some obstacle to lend it speech.