"I am a very Leper in the Earth. Her functions cast me out; her golden wheels That harmless roll about unconscious Babes Do crush me. My place knoweth me no more. "I think that I have died, oh you sweet Heavens. I did not see the closing of the eyes. Perchance there is one death for all of us Whereof we can not see the eyelids close. "Dear Love, I do beseech thee answer me. Dear Love, I think men's eyes behold me not. The air is heavy on these lips that strain To cry; I do not warm the thing I touch; The Lake gives back no image unto me. "I see the Heavens as one who wakes at noon From a deep sleep. Now shall we meet again! The Country of the blest is hid from me Like Morn behind the Hills. The Angel smiles. I breathe thy name. He hurleth me from Heaven. "Now of a truth I know thou art on Earth. Break, break the chains that hold me back from thee. I see the race of mortal men pass by; The great wind of their going waves my hair; I stretch my hands, I lay my cheek to them, In love; they stir the down upon my cheek; I can not touch them, and they know not me. "Oh God! I ask to live the saddest life! I care not for it if I may but live! I would not be among the dead, oh God! I am not dead! oh God, I will not die!" So throbbed the trouble of this crazed heart. So on the broken mirror of her mind In bright disorder shone the shatter'd World. So, out of tune, in sympathetic chords, Her soul is musical to brooks and birds Winds, seasons, sunshine, flowers, and maundering trees.