Beauty...
so close, so real
a Beauty that could be felt, touched
lingered
on our breath, real and present
but...
the ideal slips away again
Truth falls victim
to the lie
to the "elusive influences that slink
into dark corners
and from this hiding
affect people by suggestion"
Truth and Beauty persist, prevail
it is only us
mortals
who fall away...

Wilhelm, pp.221-222