...There expectation beat wide sudden wings
As if a soul had looked out from earth’s face, 
And all that was in her felt a coming change
And forgetting obvious joys and common dreams, 
Obedient to Time’s call, to the spirit’s fate, 
Was lifted to a beauty calm and pure
That lived under the eyes of Eternity...

Sri Aurobindo, Book of Love, Savitri, excerpt