Darkness within from beams they cannot take.”
16
“Well ... it is well,” said Dymer. “If I have used
The embreathing spirit amiss ... what would have been
The strength of all my days I have refused
And plucked the stalk, too hasty, in the green,
Trusted the good for best, and having seen
Half-beauty, or beauty’s fringe, the lowest stair,
The common incantation, worshipped there.”