“Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.”

Within [the Light’s] depths I saw gathered together,
Bound by love into a single volume,
Pages that lie scattered through the universe.

Substance and accidents and their relations
I saw as though they fused in such a way
That what I say is but a gleam of light

The universal pattern of this knot
I believe I saw, because in telling this,
I feel my gladness growing ever larger.

One moment made more slip my memory than
Twenty-five centuries robbed from the adventure
That awed Neptune with the shadow of the Argo.

So my mind, held in absolute suspense,
Was staring fixed, intent, and motionless,
And by its staring grew the more inflamed.

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Within [the Confines of] these halls, I saw shadows running,
A light that carried a hellish glow desperately to get across,
The childish screams that followed offered an open window.

​Fast-paced action and quick subtraction and panting
I noticed as if a helping hand would sway
Together our paths to join in reign

A brotherly bargain of this kind
I know would suffice each party such that
We both would gain a much stronger play

A meeting then arranged much quicker
Distraction robbed him from his post
That adulterated scene, disavowed noble Prince.

So the pact shaken hands agreed a getaway,
False lovers be given free time, shared, and distraction played,
Fully in debt, but together gods would seek, a rebellion sings.