The heavenly converse, and with him remain.
“I saw the distant shade, and went with awe, 350
But not with terror, to the form I saw;
Yet slowly went, for he I did believe
Would meet, and soul to soul his friend receive;
So on I drew, concluding in my mind,
I cannot judge what laws may spirits bind;
Though I dissolve, and mingle with the blest, }
I am a new and uninstructed guest, }
And ere my love can speak, he should be first address’d. }