A solemn thing -- it was -- I said --

A solemn thing -- it was -- I said --
A Woman -- white -- to be --
And wear -- if God should count me fit --
Her blameless mystery --

A timid thing -- to drop a life
Into the mystic well --
Too plummetless -- that it return[^a1]come back --
Eternity -- until --

[^a1: return | return]

I pondered how the bliss would look --
And would it feel as big --
When I could take it in my hand --
As glimmering[^a2]hovering -- seen -- through fog --

[^a2: glimmering | glimmering]

And then -- the size of this "small" life --
The Sages -- call it small --
Swelled -- like Horizons -- in my vest[^a3]breast --
And I sneered -- softly -- "small"!

[^a3: vest | vest]

5.timid] hallowed
6.mystic] purple