Glows like the curved moon over twilight skies;

And with her gaze she fathoms life and death—

Gulfs, where man's conscience, like a restless breath

Of wind, goes wandering; whispering low of things,

The irremediable, where sorrow clings.

Around her limbs a veil of woven mist

Wavers, and turns from fibered amethyst

To textured crystal; through which symboled bars

Of silver burn, and cabalistic stars

Of nebulous gold. Shrouding her feet and hair,