In the mind’s city and labyrinth of thought,

Those Magian Kings, of knowledge satiate,

Of riches satiate, and forlornly wise,

Down desert gorges brought

Gifts for the Unknown: nay, but Earth from far

In yearning sent them, her ambassadors.

Rocks opened veins of gold, trees oozed their blood,

Spices sighed, gems burned up from cavern-floors,

The very Night had made Desire a star,

That over against them, strange and certain, stood;