TO the garden the world anew ascending¹，

    Potent² mates， daughters， sons， preluding，

    The love， the life of their bodies， meaning and being，

    Curious here behold³ my resurrection after slumber⁴，

    The revolving⁵ cycles in their wide sweep having brought me

    again，

    Amorous⁶， mature， all beautiful to me， all wondrous⁷，

    My limbs and the quivering fire that ever plays through them，

    for reasons， most wondrous，

    Existing I peer and penetrate⁸ still，

    Content with the present， content with the past，

    By my side or back of me Eve following，

    Or in front， and I following her just the same.