Ebony and Crystal/A Vision of Lucifer
A VISION OF LUCIFER
I saw a shape with human form and face,If such in apotheosis might stand:Deep in the shadows of a desolate landHis burning feet obtained colossal base,And spheral on the lonely arc of space,His head, a menace unto heavens unspanned,Arose with towered eyes that might commandThe sunless, blank horizon of that place
And straight I knew him for the mystic oneThat is the brother, born of human dream,Of man rebellious at an unknown rod;The mind's ideal, and the spirit's sun;A column of clear flame in lands extreme,Set opposite the darkness that is God.