The Soul’s superior instants
Occur to Her alone,
When friend and earth’s occasion
Have infinite withdrawn.
Or she, Herself, ascended
To too remote a height,
For lower recognition
Than Her Omnipotent.
This mortal abolition
Is seldom, but as fair
As Apparition—subject
To autocratic air.
Eternity’s disclosure
To favorites, a few,
Of the Colossal substance
Of immortality.
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