The Maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet,
And lock'd me up with a golden key.
This cabinet is form'd of
And pearl and crystal shining bright,
And within it opens into a
And a little lovely moony night.
Another England there I
Another London with its Tower,
Another Thames and other hills,
And another pleasant Surrey bower.
Another Maiden like herself,
Translucent, lovely, shining clear,
Threefold each in the other clos'dO, what a pleasant trembling fear!
O, what a smile! a threefold
Fill'd me, that like a flame I burn'd;
I bent to kiss the lovely Maid,
And found a threefold kiss return'd.
I strove to seize the inmost
With ardor fierce and hands of flame,
But burst the Crystal Cabinet,
And like a weeping Babe became—A weeping Babe upon the wild,
And weeping Woman pale reclin'd,
And in the outward air again,
I fill'd with woes the passing wind..
