English poem
Ii
by Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
In that day for the inhabitants of Earth And Heaven, moving in darkness heretofore, A vision of high beauty came to birth Amid the foam of Ocean’s eastern shore: Such as the Gods, who tread their golden floor, And mortals, dwellers in the orange grove Domed with aerial blue, in all their lore Feigned not in earth below or sky above, Yet, seeing, made the queen and regent of their love.