THE NAMELESS ONES
I
Through the stately Mansions of Endeavour
Blow the winds, the sleepless winds of wild desire;
And the mansions in their fashion change for ever,
Replying to the sighing of the winds of wild desire.
II
All around the Mansions of Endeavour
Flow the waters, deep and strong, of wild desire;
And fair dreams out of their waves are born for ever,
The daughters of the waters, deep and strong, of wild desire.
III
Deep below the Mansions of Endeavour
Glow the flames, the passionate flames of wild desire;
And the building-stones, like opals, change for ever,
Their hues, while slow they fuse within the flames of wild desire.
IV
For the Nameless Ones come building and destroying,
In the winds, and rushing waters, and fierce flames of wild desire;
And their passion moulds that music, ever changing, never cloying,
Which is life in all the worlds, in man's heart a wild desire.
