they

    come! Gull, gannet, or diver,

    But h a mans head, or a fair womans,

    thead awhile

    to  t wheir friends have

    come

    t secret heirs.

    One - and one - a couple - five together;

    And I e.

    Yes, voices! but I do not catche words.

    Now I can  says,

    quot; we are, now we are co birds!

    Anot;Maybe we shall find

    Our s desire no .

    And ther how he died,

    And says, quot;A sword-blade pierced me in my sleep.-

    And nohey all wheel suddenly and fly

    to the air.

    And noh a womans head

    dGmes crying, quot;I he sword.

    I o my beloved in the air,

    In te of t we may wander

    Among the dawn.

    But ing? whey

    Circling and circling over thead?

    po is more mighan desire

    to o their hidden happiness

    ithe Ever-living Ones

    A meaning in t circling overhead?

    But .] hy do you

    linger there?

    o your desire,

    Are you not happy winged bodies now?

    [his voice sinks again.]

    Being too busy in the high air,

    t  he meaning?

    lt;1[turned. Dectora is hem.]

    Forgael [turning and seeing ;1 anding

    h your eyes upon me?

    You are not the worlds core. O no, no, no!

    t cannot be the birds.

    You are not its core. My teethe world,

    But  bitten yet.

    Dectora. I am a queen,

    And ask for satisfaction upon these

    ho have slain my husband and laid hands