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Over I journey

Novalis, Novalis poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, Romantic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Christian poetry by Novalis
(1772 - 1801) Timeline

English version by
George MacDonald

Original Language
German

Secular or Eclectic : Romantic
Christian : Protestant
18th Century

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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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

 

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