Most secret Siren, on whose coast,

’Mid spray of perishing song, are hurled

All desolate lovers, all the lost

Souls, and half-poets of the world:

Through sleepless nights and lonely days

In tears and terror served and sought—

Light beyond light—the supreme Face

That blinds the adoring eyes of thought!

How shall I sing of Her? Nay all,

All song, all sorrow, all silence of