Eidólons

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Eidólons.

(printed in Two Rivulets 1876) I met a Seer, Passing the hues and objects of the  
 world, The ? sweets ^{? fruits ? joys} ? fields ? fruits of art , material joys ^{& learning, pleasure,}  
 & sense To glean Eidólons Put in thy chant, said he. No more the visible human ^{fleeting, fractional} face  
 or limb, Nor hour, nor day—no ^^segments, parts put in,  
 Put in Eidólons only. Lo! I or you, Or ^^Woman, Man ^^{of us,} or State, known or unknown While ^^We seeming solid ^^beauty, wealth, or  
 strength ^^{or beauty} we build, we ? better build, We ^^{But really} build Eidólons.   [begin leaf 1 verso]   [begin leaf 2 recto] 10 [cut away] or man, woman, Its due Eidolon ^{Out of each shape of life, For From} Of each corporeal ^bodily life, Each atom ^^{duly surely} gathered,—not a thought, Emotion, deed, left out—issues at last,  
 to last. Its ^The Its due Eidolon. ? The ^Its ^^Its full Eidolon The ostent evanescent, The ostent is the dream; Known or unknown, The end ^^summon of all the poet's ^{an artist's} moods, or  
  ? savan's studies long, The ^Or warrior's, martyr's, hero's life ^toils To fashion his Eidolon.   [begin leaf 2 verso] [cut away] what means it? The savan—recks he [cut away]   [begin leaf 3 recto] 7 The old, old urge, ^^To-day Based on the ancient, higher  
 pinnacles,; rise ^{lo! on} higher pinnacles From Science & the modern ^^still impell'd The old, old urge, Eidolons ^{The present now & here} Of current hours, & days, ^^{To-day's Present} Americas, ^^{now & here,} a busy, ^^teeming, intricate whirl, Of aggregate & segregate, & ^^{duly for over duly} thence releasing, Present ^To-day's Eidolons   [begin leaf 3 verso]   [begin leaf 4 recto] 6 Myriads & The noiseless ^mystic myriads! The infinite oceans where the  
 rivers empty! The vital free existences, ^{separate countless free identities} like eyesight! Spaces ^Reality's Mystic ^Noiseless Eidolons! Not these Not this the World, Nor these the Universes—they the Universes, Purport and end—ever the ^^permanent life of life Eidolons, Eidolons Beyond thy lectures, learn'd professor, ^^Beyond Thy telescope, or microscope, Thy chyemistry, savan—thy sur Beyond the doctor's surgery, anatomy Beyond thy microscope or telescope ^{telescope or spectroscope},  
  savan —observer keen, Beyond the doctor's surgery, anatomy—  
 beyond all chemistry, ? Real, as they, as all ^{Viewless at least, ^ rReal Identities—} The real entities—Eidolons.   [begin leaf 4 verso] Of ^^visible forms and Forms [no handwritten text supplied here] disappear Rocks, mountains, crumbling  
 lost in time, Eidolons everlasting. The object of the past [cut away] The [cut away]   [begin leaf 5 recto] 4 Tallies of Time The vVaried, infinite ^{& Unfixed, yet fixed,} So Ever have been, ^{to be,—} ever shall be, ^{have been,} and are, Boundless with ^as tTime ? & tallying ^filling space, Eidolons, Eidolons. The prophet & the bard, Sh Yet, ^Shall yet maintain themselves—^^{—in higher stages yet or new or old,} Yet ^{Shall only} mediate ^^{to Democracy,} at the ^^last— ^^{^to the Modern— to its} interpret yet to them God and Eidolons. For ^^{And thee, for} thee, O Soul, Joys, ceaseless exercises exaltations Thy yearnings ^^amply met at last—^ ^{thy with due prepared} mystic  
 companions, Thy ^ ^{prepared mystic} mates, Eidolons. While of thy varied songs, No special strains thou sing'st—  
 —or this, or that, None for itself—but from the Whole  
 to rise and float ^^fore'er in space, A round full-orb'd Eidolon.   [begin leaf 5 verso]