A Reed by the River/Ultimatum
ULTIMATUM
This earthly house shall be set right,
The shutters they shall close;
Then comes no sound, nor touch, nor sight,
Nor scent of any rose;
Only the dark by nothing vext,
And of that thing which waiteth next,—God knows.
The shutters they shall close;
Then comes no sound, nor touch, nor sight,
Nor scent of any rose;
Only the dark by nothing vext,
And of that thing which waiteth next,—God knows.