The Steep Ascent

[caption id="attachment_8721" align="alignnone" width="500"] Art Print of "Prometheus" by Jean delville, 1907[/caption]

I summon to the winding ancient stair; 
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent, 
Upon the broken, crumbling battlement, 
Upon the breathless starlit air, 
Upon the star that marks the hidden pole; 
Fix every wandering thought upon 
That quarter where all thought is done: 
Who can distinguish darkness from the soul?

William Butler Yeats