I ran down to the shore
across tracts of boulders
over which I leaped sure-footed.

Proudly I flung back my head,
proudly I breathed in the fresh breeze
which dried the wind in my hair.

The Spirit of God filled me
and I felt my heart expand;
I had a strange emotion of adoration.

I longed to be absorbed into the sun’s light
and lose myself in that azure immensity
along with the water smell that rose
from the crests of swells.

And then I was seized by a lunatic joy
and began to walk
as if the joys of heaven
had entered my soul.