Fulfilling my desire.”
The spirit leaves her after a time, calling her home from banishment into “the distant land.” All the beauty of her life goes with him, and hope dies out of her heart, until something whispered that they should meet again in a distant land.
“I saw a vision of a woman, where
Night and new morning strive for domination;
Incomparably pale, and almost fair,
And sad beyond expression.
* * * * *
“I stood upon the outer barren ground,
She stood on inner ground that budded flowers;
While circling in their never-slackening round