We come like bats that out of a dark cave br Have suddenly been scared into the day, br Blear-eyed and vexed as here and there they flap, br Unnatural denizens of such a world. br So seem we all, as this were not our home, br And we, as aliens in these elements, br Move here and there, purblind, heart-weary, and br Possessed with many fears, till Death's new dark br Shows us our passage back to the old cave, br Whence Birth before may have affrighted us.