Nought in God’s presence changeth e’er,–
Love him, for this one moment, then, in me.
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WANDERER.
Thee, and the sucking infantUpon thy breast!Let me, ‘gainst this rocky wall,Neath the elm-tree’s shadow,Lay aside my burden,Near thee take my rest.WOMAN.What vocation leads thee,While the day is burning,Up this dusty path?Bring’st thou goods from out the townRound the country?Smil’st thou, stranger,At my question?WANDERER.From the town no goods I bring.Cool is now the evening;Show to…
BULBUL’S song, through night hours cold,
To reward her melody,Giveth he a cage of gold.Such a cage are limbs of men,–Though at first she feels confin’d,Yet when all she brings to mind,Straight the spirit sings again.
HE who knows himself and others
That the East and West, like brothers,Parted ne’er shall be.Thoughtfully to float for ever‘Tween two worlds, be man’s endeavour!So between the East and WestTo revolve, be my behest!
WHO never eat with tears his bread,
Sat weeping on his lonely bed,–He knows you not, ye heavenly powers!Through you the paths of life we gain,Ye let poor mortals go astray,And then abandon them to pain,–E’en here the penalty we pay,—–WHO gives himself to solitude,Soon lonely will remain;Each lives, each loves in joyous mood,And leaves him to his pain.Yes! leave me to…
AFTER these vernal rains
Dear wife, see how our plainsWith blessings sweet are fraught!We cast our distant gazeFar in the misty blue;Here gentle love still strays,Here dwells still rapture true.Thou seest whither goYon pair of pigeons white,Where swelling violets blowRound sunny foliage bright.‘Twas there we gather’d firstA nosegay as we roved;There into flame first burstThe passion that we proved.Yet…
SONGS are like painted window-panes!
If from the market-place we view it;Thus sees the ignoramus through it.No wonder that he deems it tame,–And all his life ’twill be the same.But let us now inside repair,And greet the holy Chapel there!At once the whole seems clear and bright,Each ornament is bathed in light,And fraught with meaning to the sight.God’s children! thus…