Few gain admission to the presence-chamber scene.
‘Umer told all the stations passed through by his soul;—
Its flights, fights, tribulations, ere it was made whole.
He spoke of times when flight of time’s of no account;
Of Holiness’s station, glorious to recount.
He talked of atmospheres in which his righteous soul
Had soared to seek fresh conquests of devotion’s whole.70
Its every flight had been beyond th’ horizon scant;
Beyond the hope, or e’en desire, of aspirant.
He found a willing list’ner in the stranger guest,