Second Phantom
Quietly like a star descend.
(They pass through the gates into a meadow.)
First Phantom
What is this meadow which I see?
Second Phantom
Here come the souls of men to be.
Can you remember what you said
Among the living and the dead:
I would know heaven’s deepest law
And flood the world of men with light,
I would bring justice and be just.
First Phantom
Out of each soul’s prenatal night
Something of what you say returns.
The soul descending into dust
Loses its memory as it burns
Less brightly when the spirit wanes.
Second Phantom