Till stars look at them and winds call to them

As they leave life's path for the twilight world

Where the dead gather. This was not at first,

For I scarce knew what I would do. I had

An impulse but no yearning—only sang.

And first I sang as I in dream have seen

Music wait on a lyrist for some thought,

Yet singing to herself until it came.

I turned to those old times and scenes where all

That's beautiful had birth for me, and made