Out from the brake and stubble of sense I peered for a moment— Wist! was that THEE that passed on the wind? Once, too, I swam out beyond sight of all land and emerged on the crest of the highest wave— Wist! was that THEE that sped over the horizon? I throttled one by one each image in my brain on a night when the north-wind blew from the Zenith— Wist! was that THEE that startled me into a body again? Ride thou on the wind, or merge in all horizons, Image unimaged, escape me Thou canst not, for I am the part that must make THEE whole at the last— At the last!
Publication History
The Shadow-Eater [1915/17 and 1923]
1923 Edition Text Changes
- THEE > Thee [all instances]
- Wist! was > Was [all instances]
- unimaged, escape > unimaged, ⁋ Escape