In the mirror to gaze upon their mirrorings!

There to behold what time has done, what thought

Has changed their look and light.

I have lost my face through sorrow and dreams

And dare not find it, lest it smite

This self to-day, since I may not restore

My old self who in gladness without terror

Beheld and knew myself

Each morning in the mirror!

In the long quest of love I may have found