I had a dream The bright sun was extinguished And the stars wandered in the eternal space The icy earth swung blind and blackening In the moonless air Morn came and went And men forgot their passions in the dread Of this their desolation All hearts were chilled into a selfish prayer for light A fearful hope was all the world contained Forests were set on fire hour by hour They fell and faded The crackling trunks extinguished with a crash And all was black And war did glut himself again A meal was bought with blood Gorging himself in gloom The world was void Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless