"‘Last night I waked from sleep quite suddenly,

And though my brain was clear my limbs were tranced.

Beyond the walls of my familiar room

I gazed outward into luminous space.

Before my staring eyes two forms took shape,

Vague, shadowy, slowly gathering from the mists,

Until I saw before me, you—my Love!

And folded to your breast in close embrace

Was she, that other, whom I may not name.

A rosy light bathed you in waves of love;