All is cold hard beauty, pain is never done 
And we remain clothed in space 
Forming from space 
Space we come and return 
And I saw within the mystery of god 
In the midst of the southern breezes 
A wondrously beautiful image 
It had a human form and it's countenance was of such beauty 
That I could have more easily gazed at the sun 
Than in that face 
For a broad golden ring circled it's head 
In this ring above the face there appeared a second countenance 
Like that of an elderly man 
It's chin and beard resting on the crown of her first face 
And on both sides of the figure a wing grew out of the shoulders 
The wings rose above the face and were joined there 
Then at the top part of the wing on the curve appeared an eagle's head 
It's eyes were like fire and in them the brilliance of angels streamed forth from the mirror 
On the part of the left wing's curve there was soothed a human head 
Which shone like the gleaming of the stars 
Both faces were turned towards the east 
And from the shoulders of the figure a wing extended to it's knees 
The figure was wrapped in a garment that shone like the sun 
It's hands carried the lamb which shone like a brilliant day 
The figure's feet trod upon a monster of black 
A serpent had fastened it's teeth into it 
And it's body was wound around the wound 
It's tail extended to the left 
It said "I am the highest in fiery power 
I have kindled every spark of life 
I am it, nothing that is deadly 
I decided on all reality 
With my wings I fly above this little world 
With wisdom have I put the universe in order 
I am the fiery life of essence 
I am a flame beyond the beauty even of the meadows 
It is I who gleam in the waters 
It is I that burn in the sun 
It is I that burn in the moon 
It is I that burn in the stars 
With every breeze as with invisible life that contains everything 
It is I that awaken every thing to life 
The air lives by turning green and being in bloom 
And the waters flow as if they were alive 
The sun lives in it's light and the moon is enkindled 
After it's disappearance once again by the light 
Of the sun so that the moon is again revived 
The stars too give the light with their beaming 
I have established pillars that bear the entire globe 
In the same way too the body envelopes the soul 
And maintains it so that the soul will never blow away" 
And all is cold hard beauty, pain is never done 
Never done