Spoke to him not too distant for his hearing:—

I am the star of morning poised between

The dead night and the coming of the sun,

Yet neither relic of the dark nor pointing

The angry day to come. My virtue is

My own, a mild light, a relief a pity

And the remembering ancient tribe of birds

Sing blithest at my showing; only Man

Sleeps on and stirs rebellious in his sleep.

Lucifer, Lucifer am I, millstone-crushed