An ethereal vision that visited me Flew in to perspective from the rift Upon the light of starry beams A faerie queen began to drift She spoke in tongues I did not recognize They rung in tones of sonorous woe Behind her cosmic fires undulated Stars twinkling like celestial snow A rainbow could not dim her eyes No nightingale her soul I sit enwrapt, enchanted By her sombre siren call Shrouded by an aura She danced sprightly as a fawn But then she winked and disappeared The magic mood was gone