My Soul ^Spirit was [illegible words] back to the sped [illegible] ^back to the [insert below:] beginning times when the earth was forming mist [inserted below, among the lines]: the aft forming the mist And peered beyond ^aft, and could see Concord beyond the beginning; And brings me word that Goodness is the ^Dilation or Pride is a ^perpetual Mother ^father of Causes, And that the Father ^a Mother of Causes is Love ^Dilation Goodness or Love.— or Pride. And the ^that [illegible words] they are the Parents ^yet and witness and register their [illegible] amours eternally; And devise themselves to this [illegible] ^These States and this hour. Again ^But And yet still my Soul ^Spirit was curious and travelled ahead And pirced the black ^stern firm hem of darkness ^life, death and went fearlessly through, And came back from the grave with serene face, And said to me, It is well I am satisfied, I behold the causes ^yet [illegible] the same that are eternally fresh— I beheld Love also in the darkness, I beheld Goodness ^Dilation Pride Dilation just the same in the grave ^afterward—. and concord just the same in the grave^afterward.— I behold Love also in the darkness.—