From darkness unto darkness, dawn to dawn,

Resolved to lay the rafter and the beam

Of Justice—the imperishable Dream.

This is the voice of Time against the Hours;

This is the witness of the Cosmic Powers;

This is the Music of the Ages—this

The song whose first note broke the First Abyss.

All that we glory in was once a dream;

The World-Will marches onward, gleam by gleam.

New voices speak, dead paths begin to stir: