Men and women become beautiful in sleep. Beauty, associated with darkness, attains a spiritual quality which is the essential element in the poet's mystical experience here. The beautiful sleepers "flow hand in hand over the whole earth" in section 8. All are linked together in harmony. They become beautiful in the "invigoration" and the "chemistry" of the night. Hearts flow freely into hearts, and barriers are broken. This is the miraculous effect of the night. The poet, too, surrenders himself to the charm of the night. Although he loves "the rich running day," he does not ignore the night. He desires ultimately to return to his "mother," the night.
The poet here hints at the concept of reincarnation. He passes from the night, but he returns to her again. The night is a vast reservoir of spiritual energy, and the poet, on shedding his earthly garments, wishes to join his mother, the vast realm of the spirit, to find fulfillment of his own self.
