| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 9. Night |
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| HEART-HIDDEN from the outer things I rose; | |
| The spirit woke anew in nightly birth | |
| Unto the vastness where forever glows | |
| The star-soul of the earth. | |
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| There all alone in primal ecstasy, | 5 |
| Within her depths where revels never tire, | |
| The olden Beauty shines: each thought of me | |
| Is veined through with its fire. | |
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| And all my thoughts are throngs of living souls; | |
| They breathe in me, heart unto heart allied; | 10 |
| Their joy undimmed, though when the morning tolls | |
| The planets may divide. | |
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