Poems (Hooper)/Seest Thou the Sea?
SEEST THOU THE SEA?
Siehst du das Meer? Es glänzt auf seiner Fluth.
Seest thou the sea? How glitters on its breast The morning light!Yet in the depths wherein the pearls do rest Is darkest night.
That sea am I. How in proud waves has roll'd My mind's unrest!My songs have sparkled like the sunlight gold Upon its breast.
How joyous oft has rung th' enchanted strain With love and jest,While bled my heart amid its silent pain Hid in my breast!Geibel.