And the little less, and what worlds away!

How a sound shall quicken content to bliss,

Or a breath suspend the blood’s best play,

And life be a proof of this!...

A moment after, and hands unseen

Were hanging the night around us fast;

But we knew that a bar was broken between

Life and life: we were mixed at last

In spite of the mortal screen....

How the world is made for each of us!