"Just a moment more," I faltered,
"And her soul will lie before me
⁠Unconcealed
⁠And full revealed."

On that instant there swept o'er me
In a flood-tide as I paltered,
Wave on wave of bitter leaven,
And I seemed to hear God crying
⁠Then and there,
⁠"Oh, beware!
Hold thee from thy rash espying.
These are border lands of Heaven,
And my angels at their portals,
With veiled eyes and hidden faces,
⁠And my hosts
⁠At their posts,
Know that these are sacred places,