Immortality XLI.

I am the Bird of Paradise;

And still my Nest is in the Skies.

I am the Spirit Falcon, flown

From Heav'n's Tent, where it open lies.

But in my eager Chase of Prey,

I fell to where new Sense Worlds rise.

I am the Hero of Mount Kaf,[29]

Who braves the Death the Weakling flies.

I look on high, until he call

Me home from this far Enterprise.

I look up steadfast, searching keen,

Until my Gaze the Throne descries.

There all secure my Nest bides near

The Tree of Life, where Nothing dies.