Mine ego joins that self which fashioned me
To serve its purpose in the cosmic life.
But how, O moment, can I hold thee fast,
So that I do not lose thee when once more
My senses feel earth clearness once again?
Their power is great; and often, if they slay
The spirit-vision, it stays dead e’en when
The self in spirit finds itself again.
(Immediately after the last words, as if summoned by them, Luna appears.)
Luna: