A favourable hour in Strader’s case.
Through him he hoped to strike his friends as well;
But he will not be able to conceal
His nature from my mystic pupils now.
He shall be present in their waking thought
If he holds sway within their inner sight.
So shall they learn to know his many forms,
Which would disguise him whensoe’er he must
Reveal himself unto the souls of men.
But thou, sun-ripened soul of Strader, thou