Prophetic

Time lies cataleptic in my brain: Eternity alone reigns there.
Infinite space has shrunken to a single point of fire, from whose heart radiate the trackless voids.
Life I have bosomed in a sigh.
I will exhale with the dawn, step lightly to my zenith, death in-wrapt.

Publication History

The Shadow-Eater [1915/17 and 1923]

1923 Edition Text Changes

  • brain: Eternity > brain: ⁋ Eternity
  • fire, from > fire, ⁋ From
  • dawn, step > dawn, ⁋ Step
  • zenith, death > zenith, ⁋ Death

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