Or cataracts and dagger jerks of light

In infinite gyrations down the night.

The hump-backed camels, roding lupanars

Of clouds that lust enamoured of the stars,

Shimmering jewelled pinpricks wistfully

Awed by the vastness and the mystery

Wrapped palpitating round. Then fold on fold

The shoulders of the hills are outlined bold

With pallid smoothness, undulating far

To where the empty, trackless deserts are.