Into the possible, in dreams she leaps;

(The real is cramped; the possible, immense;)

The soul with all her wishes there doth take

Her sojourn, where forever she may drink

From crystal springs of knowledge and of love,

And where, in streams of beauty and of light,

Man, ever thirsty, slakes his thirst.

And thus, with Syren visions charming sleep

On waking, scarce she knows herself again.

Such was thy fate, and such my destiny!