Twere too absurd to slight For the hereafter the todays delight!

The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!

Rejoice that man is hurled, From change to change unceasingly, His soul's wings never furled!

Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.

Day! Faster and more fast. O'er night's brim, day boils at last.

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity