FARE YOU WELL,
PEOPLE OF ORPHALESE. THIS DAY HAS ENDED.
IT IS CLOSING UPON US EVEN AS THE WATER-LILY UPON
ITS OWN TO-MORROW. WHAT WAS GIVEN US HERE WE
SHALL KEEP, AND IF IT SUFFICES NOT, THEN AGAIN
MUST WE COME TOGETHER AND TOGETHER STRETCH
OUR HANDS UNTO THE GIVER.FORGET NOT THAT I SHALL
COME BACK TO YOU. A LITTLE WHILE, AND MY LONGING
SHALL GATHER DUST AND FOAM FOR ANOTHER BODY.
A LITTLE WHILE, A MOMENT OF REST UPON THE WIND,
AND ANOTHER WOMAN SHALL BEAR ME.