From that deep hole where slimy Sotho lies.

But when those night-winds crept about the place,

They fled—for Sotho had no human face!

II

Beyond the valleys of the sun which lie

In misty chaos past the reach of time;

And brood beneath the ice as aeons fly,

Long waiting for some brighter, warmer clime;

There is a vision, as I vainly try

To glimpse the madness that must some day climb