The speaker feels so completely joined to another person that they describe themselves as a spirit living inside his heart. They have shared every emotion and thought, listening to the wordless conversations of his soul—a tone that only speaks in the silence of his blood, where surging pulses mirror a trembling, peaceful sea. This is not just observation; it is an active unlocking of something precious. The speaker claims to have turned a master-key in the depths of that soul, releasing golden melodies and bathing in them. The final image shifts into ecstasy: transformed by this union, the speaker becomes like an eagle diving through a thundercloud, clothing its wings with lightning. The mood is intimate, mystical, and fiercely exalted—a love poem that treats emotional fusion as both a gentle plunge into inner calm and a sudden, electric ascent into power.
Fragment: Wedded Souls — Summary
I am as a spirit who has dwelt Within his heart of hearts, and I have felt His feelings, and have thought his thoughts, and known The inmost converse of his soul, the tone Unheard but in the silence of his blood, When all the pulses in their multitude Image the trembling calm of summer seas. I have unlocked the golden melodies Of his deep soul, as with a master-key, And loosened them and bathed myself therein-- Even as an eagle in a thunder-mist Clothing his wings with lightning.