You leaped in flight into the river Yen
And perished there.—Do not forget.
CALAF
Forget?
Forget that night? That night I died indeed,
And rose from out the river’s chilly death
Into strange paradise: A garden, walled
With roses round: A moon, that zoned with pearl
A spirit there: a lady, garbed in gold
And her more golden smile! Wrapt in disguise—