Barren else, barren: chaos and a wilderness
Of feud and everlasting greed devouring greed,
The unshapen dream’s despair!
Spirit of Man, dear spirit, sore opprest
With self-estrangement, and mis-choosing will,
And all satiety of gainful skill,—
Possession that was never yet possessed,—
You that have been so great a lover, giving
In innocency all for sacrifice;
Whom neither Time nor earth’s regions suffice—