A glorious vision: as I walked in gloom,
The children of the sun came thronging round me,
In shining robes and diamond-studded shoon;
And they did wing me with them, and soon
In a bright dome of wondrous width I found me,
Set all with beautiful eyes, whose wizard rays,----
Shed on my soul, in strong enchantment bound me;
And so I looked and looked with dazzled gaze,
Until my spirit drank in so much light
That I grew, like the sons of that glad place,
Transparent, lovely, pure, serene, and bright;
Then they did call me brother; and there grew
Swift from my sides broad pinions gold and white,
And with that happy flock a brilliant thing I flew!