—Dark curtains, sweepy fold, night-purple pall,

He thought he had not noticed it before.

Sudden desire for darkness overbore

His will, and drew him towards it. All was blind

Within. He passed. The curtains closed behind.

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He entered in a void. Night-scented flowers

Breathed there, but this was darker than the night

That is most black with beating thundershowers,

—A disembodied world where depth and height