Aibric. When they have twenty years; in middle life

They take a kiss for what a kiss is worth,

And let the dream go by.

Forgael. It’s not a dream,

But the reality that makes our passion

As a lamp shadow—no—no lamp, the sun.

What the world’s million lips are thirsting for,

Must be substantial somewhere.

Aibric. I have heard the Druids

Mutter such things as they awake from trance.