Whether to doubt or whether to believe
The revelation of the spirit-worlds.
Nay more, I even lack the power to love
That which in thee the spirit’s beauty shows.
Maria:
Alas! The years that pass have taught me this:
That mine own way to live the spirit-life
Doth change into its opposite, whene’er
It penetrates another’s character.
And I must also see how spirit-power