When such power in the spirit roots itself,

Which can give truth unto these selfsame words:

O man, experience and feel thyself—

(From rocks and springs resounds: ‘O man, feel thou thyself.’)

I feel them sounding in my very soul,

Rousing themselves to grant me strength and power.

The light doth live in me; the brightness speaks

Around me; soul light germinates in me;

The brightness of all worlds creates in me:

O man, experience and feel thyself;