Call

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2> The Call </h2> <p> Out of the nothingness of sleep,<br/> The slow dreams of Eternity,<br/> There was a thunder on the deep:<br/> I came, because you called to me.<br/> <br/> I broke the Night's primeval bars,<br/> I dared the old abysmal curse,<br/> And flashed through ranks of frightened stars<br/> Suddenly on the universe!<br/> <br/> The eternal silences were broken;<br/> Hell became Heaven as I passed. &mdash;<br/> What shall I give you as a token,<br/> A sign that we have met, at last?<br/> <br/> I'll break and forge the stars anew,<br/> Shatter the heavens with a song;<br/> Immortal in my love for you,<br/> Because I love you, very strong.<br/> <br/> Your mouth shall mock the old and wise,<br/> Your laugh shall fill the world with flame,<br/> I'll write upon the shrinking skies<br/> The scarlet splendour of your name,<br/> <br/> Till Heaven cracks, and Hell thereunder<br/> Dies in her ultimate mad fire,<br/> And darkness falls, with scornful thunder,<br/> On dreams of men and men's desire.<br/> <br/> Then only in the empty spaces,<br/> Death, walking very silently,<br/> Shall fear the glory of our faces<br/> Through all the dark infinity.<br/> <br/> So, clothed about with perfect love,<br/> The eternal end shall find us one,<br/> Alone above the Night, above<br/> The dust of the dead gods, alone.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />