Nearer and ever nearer....
My body, tired but tense,
Hovers‘ twixt vague pleasure
And tremulous confidence.
Arms to have and to use them
And a soul to be made
Worthy if not worthy;
If afraid, unafraid.
To endure for a little,
To endure and have done:
Men I love about me,
Over me the sun!
And should at last suddenly
Fly the speeding death,
The four great quarters of heaven
Receive this little breath.