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Timeline (1772 - 1801)

Novalis, Novalis poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, Romantic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Christian poetry

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English version by
George MacDonald

Original Language
German

Over I journey

Themes

Death

Fire

Freedom

Heart

Mountain

Recommended Books

	Hymns to the Night, by Novalis
	Hymns to the Night: Spiritual Songs, by Novalis / Translated by George MacDonald
	News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness, Edited by Robert Bly
	Novalis: Philosophical Writings, Translated by Margaret Mahony Stoljar
	The Novices of Sais, by Novalis / Translated by Ralph Manheim

Over I journey
And for each pain
A pleasant sting only
Shall one day remain.
Yet in a few moments
Then free am I,
And intoxicated
In Love's lap lie.
Life everlasting
Lifts, wave-like, at me,
I gaze from its summit
Down after thee.
Your lustre must vanish
Yon mound underneath --
A shadow will bring thee
Thy cooling wreath.
Oh draw at my heart, love,
Draw till I'm gone,
That, fallen asleep, I
Still may love on.
I feel the flow of
Death's youth-giving flood
To balsam and ether
Transform my blood --
I live all the daytime
In faith and in might
And in holy fire
I die every night.

1800

-- from Hymns to the Night: Spiritual Songs, by Novalis / Translated by George MacDonald

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