Persons were there who lived in bygone days,
I plainly saw them move and heard them speak.
I dreamed about a spirit-brotherhood
Which strove with steadfast purpose to attain
Unto the heights which crown humanity.
Among them I could clearly see myself,
And all that happened was familiar too.
A dream …, yet most unnerving was that dream.
I know that in this life I certainly
Can ne’er have learned to know the like of it.