Of dreads and of dreams and of dooms.

And we clomb—till we stood at the portal

Of the uttermost point of the peak;

And she led, with a step more than mortal,

On, upward, where glimmered a streak,

A star, a presence immortal,

A planet, whose light was still weak.

And we clomb—till the limbo of spirits

Of lusts and of sorrows below

Swung nebular; and we were near its