CHANGE and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime，

    Set me sun by sun near to one unchosen；

    Wrought us fellowly， and despite divergence，

    Friends interblent us.

    "Cherish him can I while the true one forthcome——

    Come the rich fulfiller of my prevision；

    Life is roomy yet， and the odds unbounded."

    So self-communed I.

    Thwart my wistful way did a damsel saunter，

    Fair not fairest， good not best of her feather；

    "Maiden meet，" held I， "till arise my forefelt

    Wonder of women."

    Long a visioned hermitage deep desiring，

    Tenements uncouth I was fain to house in；

    "Let such lodging be for a breath-while，" thought I，

    "Soon a more seemly.

    "Then， high handiwork will I make my life-deed，

    Truth and Light outshow； but the ripe time pending，

    Intermissive aim at the thing sufficeth."

    Thus I …… But lo， me！

    Mistress， friend， place， aims to be bettered straightway，

    Bettered not has Fate or my hand's achieving；

    Sole the showance those of my onward earth-track——

    Never transcended！