LURES IMMORTAL

Sadly, apparently frustrate, life hangs above us,

Cruel, dark unexplained;

Yet still the immortal through mortal incessantly pierces

With calls, with appeals, and with lures.

Lure of the sinking sun, into undreamed islands,

Fortunate, far in the West;

Lure of the star, with speechless news o'er brimming,

With language of darted light;

Of the sea-glory of opening lids of Aurora,