Poems (Hooper)/Thekla—A Spirit Voice
THEKLA—A SPIRIT VOICE.
Wo ich sei, und wo mich hingewendet.
Where I am, and whither I have wended
Since my fleeting shade before thee moved?
Have I not life's story closed and ended?
Have I not, O seeker, lived and loved?
Since my fleeting shade before thee moved?
Have I not life's story closed and ended?
Have I not, O seeker, lived and loved?
Wouldst thou question thus the nightingale
Who, with soulful song in Spring's bright day,
Rapt thee with melodious enchantment?
Ask no more; but while they loved, were they.
Who, with soulful song in Spring's bright day,
Rapt thee with melodious enchantment?
Ask no more; but while they loved, were they.
Have I found the lost one? Oh, believe me!
We are united as in days of yore,
Where the ties that bind us none can sever,
Where our bitter tears we weep no more.
We are united as in days of yore,
Where the ties that bind us none can sever,
Where our bitter tears we weep no more.
Thou wouldst find us there again and quickly,
If thy love but only equaled ours;
There too, free from sin, doth dwell my father,
Snatched for aye from bloody murder's powers;
If thy love but only equaled ours;
There too, free from sin, doth dwell my father,
Snatched for aye from bloody murder's powers;
And he feels no mocking dream betrayed him
When he sought to read the starry sky;
When all men are judged, he has found judgment;
To believers is the Holy nigh.
When he sought to read the starry sky;
When all men are judged, he has found judgment;
To believers is the Holy nigh.
Word is kept with each fair trusting feeling
In yon starry spaces far away;
Wander'st thou through erring and through dreaming,
Highest thought lies oft in childish play.
Schiller.
In yon starry spaces far away;
Wander'st thou through erring and through dreaming,
Highest thought lies oft in childish play.
Schiller.